Music video by Eric Church performing Give Me Back My Hometown. (C) 2014 EMI Records Nashville. Lyrics:. Damn, I used to love this view. Sit here and drink a few. Main street and the high school lit up on Friday night. Down there it's another touchdown. Man, this year's team is stout. I can hear them goin' crazy. And up here so am I. Thinkin' about you sittin' there sayin' I hate this, I hate it. If you couldn't stand livin' here why'd you take it, take it. Give me back my hometown. 'Cause this is my hometown. All the colors of my youth. The red, the green, the hope, the truth. Are beatin' me black and blue cause you're in every scene. My friends try to cheer me up get together at the Pizza Hut. I didn't have the heart to tell them that was our place. These sleepy streetlights on every sidewalk side street. Shed a light on everything that used to be. Give me back my hometown. 'Cause this is my hometown.