I know you're homesickI know you're missing that placeThis city's breaking you downI can see it all over your faceDon't get me wrong, girlI love the simple in youYou gotta go where you gotta goYou gotta do what you gotta doBut when you doI hope you hate your hometownEvery brick, every anchorHope they shut all the bars downRename all the streetsI hope it looks like a ghost townAnd you feel like a strangerThen you turn your car aroundGet * off and leaveI hope you hate your hometownThen come back to meOh, I hope that welcome sign saysGet the hell out of hereHope all your friends moved offAnd memory lane disappearedI don't mean to sound meanI mean well at the end of the dayJust know I love you when I sayI hope you hate your hometownEvery brick, every anchorHope they shut all the bars downRename all the streetsI hope it looks like a ghost townAnd you feel like a strangerThen you turn your car aroundGet * off and leaveI hope you hate your hometownThen come back to meTell me you miss meSay nothing's the sameAnd hold this here with meAin't trying to be that guyBut if you ever went backI think you would kill meYou would kill meYeahYeahYeah