Story Behind The Song
After Dianne's grandmother died, a great sense of loss and lonliness for that peaceful place of childhood was the catalyst for her writing "Hometown Faces". Oddly enough, little did she know that 20 years later, her daughter Robin (a baby when the song was written) would include it on her own album. Robin's website is: www.robinjames.com
Song Description
Wherever you go, you take your roots with you. No matter what you become, there's always who you've been. Our families are our mirrors, good or bad.
| Song Length |
4:04 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary, Country - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Relaxed, Content |
Subject |
Friendship, General |
| Similar Artists |
Jewel, Sheryl Crow |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Hometown Faces
Words and music by Bonnie Dianne Lockhart
(Sung by Robin James)
There?s always part of me, left lingering behind,
Always part of that place, etched into my mind.
But dreamers find it very hard to stay-
To be tied down in time, to all those
CHORUS:
Hometown faces, in the same old places.
And even though I?m ?different? in their eyes,
There?s that same old love, in the home town touch-
The same old love that drifters leave behind.
I know I don?t get back there as often as I should.
I promised them that I would write, but they figured I never would.
But all my dreams were born back there,
And the drifter would return to all those
CHORUS: ?Hometown faces, in the...?
I hope my kids will always have a place that they call home,
To carry with them always, and never be alone,
A place to go, a vantage point to see
A clearer right and wrong, in all those
CHORUS: ?Hometown faces, in the same...?
© 2001 Bonnie Dianne James (Lockhart)