(Mark Erelli)      CHORUS   It's just a bend in the river   Where the water slows down   Might not look like much to you   But it's my hometown      It ain't no mystery   How this town was born   It started with a couple farms   Then the mill and the general store   Ever since the work went south   And those wheels don't run   The bars got the churches beat   By at least two to one      I've lived 'round here   Since I was a little kid   Used to dream of getting out   Just like the college boys did   Maybe I was born   Without a rambling bone   You stay in one place long enough   And it starts to feel like home      (CHORUS)      I got married here   It'll be two years this spring   I can see her in her mama's white dress   Every time I hear the church bell ring   I know some folks said   She could do better than me   But she was raising a girl on her own   And she was only 19      Can't get Å’em everything they want   But I try to give Å’em what they need   Now and then I pull a graveyard shift   Down at the factory   When I see that little girl smile   Playing in our backyard   Lord it makes it all worthwhile   Keeps me going when the going gets hard      (CHORUS)   Might not look like much to you   But it's our hometown      It's changing everyday   The signs are all around   One more field gone to seed   Another barn falling down   Main Street's all boarded up   And nobody cares I guess   Å’Cause there's a place on the edge of town   Selling everything for less      But sometimes in my dreams   I see the waters rise   When the river jumps its banks   This town is purified   Everything is washed away   Clear to the county line   And we can start all over again   Maybe do a little better next time