Hometown Gypsy Lyrics - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Drivin' up the coast 

To find a version of the truth 

Left the backdoor swinging 

Like a dirty little sleuth 

The truth is I have never 

Felt half this alive 

Now it's time to dance 

Upon the grave called 45 

Jacked up on some Kerouac 

And surely bullet proof 

The girl who taught me what to do 

Was missing her front tooth 

Gentle as a storm 

Inside your mental health 

I wanna find the answer 

But I just can't find myself 

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I say so long 

To the way I played 

The way I played 

Inside of yesterday 

Hey let's run around 

The great escape 

From out of my hometown 

Later I would look for love 

Inside a woman's dorm 

A couch to keep me humble 

And her breath to keep me warm 

Ophelia was the girl 

That I was feeling for 

Come to realize 

It was me who was the whore 

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A captain lost himself 

Inside a 40 year old skull 

The drink of choice was knowledge 

And we always wanted more 

Drunken sailors 

Seeking their Geronimo 

Instead they found the things 

That they really didn't wanna know 

I say so long 

To the way I played 

The way I played 

Inside of yesterday 

Hey let's run around 

The great escape 

From out of my hometown 

Country roads 

Would never let me stay 

The way I played 

Inside of yesterday 

A devil's growl and cat's meow 

Were blended into one 

Termites called suburbanites 

Were eating all the fun 

A juggernaut of comedy 

And blasphemy 

I wanna stop the madness 

But I think it has to be 

I say so long 

To the way I played 

The way I played 

Inside of yesterday 

Hey let's run around 

The great escape 

From out of my hometown 

(Added to final song) 

Country roads 

Would never let me stay 

The way I played 

Inside of yesterday 

Hey let's run around 

The great escape 

From out of my hometown