[00:14.40]The banks of the river run through my hometown
[00:21.14]As a boy, ran dirt roads, and I scraped my knees
[00:27.45]Well they paved the roads eventually
[00:34.64]With neon signs and car dealerships and diners
[00:41.41]The soldiers fill the hotels on the weekends
[00:48.02]I saw the pretty women as I walked through town
[00:59.40]Well, I moved away soon as I turned sixteen
[01:06.38]Figured I was old enough to go and work a job
[01:12.64]Well I floated down main street, pools of car lights
[01:19.78]Overcame me, wishing I was still back home
[01:26.52]The soldiers fill the hotels on the weekends
[01:33.32]I saw the pretty women as I walked through town
[01:44.75]Well, Jacksonville's a city with a hopeless streetlight
[01:51.84]Seems like you're lucky if it ever change from red to green
[01:58.11]I was born in an abundance of inherited sadness
[02:05.41]And .50 cent picture frames bought at a five and dime
[02:11.90]I ended up a soldier on the weekend
[02:19.20]Looking for a vacancy I wasn't able to find
[02:25.77]Somewhere the night sky hangs like a blanket
[02:32.62]Shoot it with my cap gun just to make it
[02:36.63]Seem like stars