Jack White - my hometown

노래는 화자의 어린 시절과 아버지와의 관계를 회상하며 고향의 변화, 인종 간 갈등, 그리고 경제적 위기를 이야기한다
고향은 과거의 기억 속에서 소중한 곳으로 남아 있지만, 현재는 빈 가게들과 일자리 감소로 어려움을 겪고 있다
고향의 변화는 외적인 환경과 사회적 갈등을 상징적으로 보여준다

I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
He'd tousle my hair and say "Son, take a good look around"
"This is your hometown, this is your hometown
This is your hometown, this is your hometown
In '65 tension was running high at my high school
There was lots of fights 'tween blacks and whites, there was nothing you could do
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night, in the back seat there was a gun
Words were passed, in a shotgun blast and troubled times had come
To my hometown, my hometown
My hometown, mo my hometown
Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad track
Foreman says "These jobs are going, boys, and they ain't coming back"