Bruce Springsteen - My hometown (1985)

My Hometown is a single by Bruce Springsteen off of his seventh studio album Born in the U.S.A. (1984). The song is a synthesizer-based, low-tempo number that features Springsteen on vocals. The song’s lyrics begin with the speaker’s memories of his father instilling pride in the family’s hometown. While it first appears that the song will be a nostalgic look at the speaker’s childhood, the song then goes on to describe the racial violence and economic depression that he witnessed as an adolescent and middle-aged man. The song concludes with the speaker’s proclamation that he hopes to move his family out of the town.