Hometown Gypsy Lyrics - Red Hot Chili Peppers

1 Drivin’ up the coast

2 To find a version of the truth

3 Left the backdoor swinging

4 Like a dirty little sleuth

5 The truth is I have never left

6 Felt half this alive

7 Now it’s time to dance

8 Upon the grave called forty-five

9 Jacked up on some Kerouac

10 And surely bulletproof

11 The girl who taught me what to do

12 Was missing her front tooth

13 Gentle as a storm

14 Inside your mental health

15 I want to find the answer

16 But I just can’t find myself

17 I say "so long"

18 To the way I played

19 The way I played

20 Inside of yesterday

21 Hey let’s run around

22 The great escape

23 From out of my hometown

24 Later I would look for love

25 Inside a woman’s dorm

26 A couch to keep me humble

27 And her breath to keep me warm

28 Ophelia was the girl

29 That I was feeling for

30 Come to realize

31 It was me who was the whore

32 A captain lost himself

33 Inside a forty year old skull

34 The drink of choice was knowledge

35 And we always wanted more

36 Drunken sailors

37 Seeking their Geronimo

38 Instead they found the things

39 That they really didn’t want to know

40 I say "so long"

41 To the way I played

42 The way I played

43 Inside of yesterday

44 Hey let’s run around

45 The great escape

46 From out of my hometown

47 Country roads

48 Would never let me stay

49 The way I played

50 Inside of yesterday

51 A devil’s growl and cat’s meow

52 Were blended into one

53 Termites called suburbanites

54 Were eating all the fun

55 A juggernaut of comedy

56 And blasphemy

57 I wanna stop the madness

58 But I think it has to be

59 I say "so long"

60 To the way I played

61 The way I played

62 Inside of yesterday

63 Hey let’s run around

64 The great escape

65 From out of my hometown

66 Country roads

67 Would never let me stay

68 The way I played

69 Inside of yesterday

70 Hey let’s run around

71 The great escape

72 From out of my hometown