Take a little ride with me
down to my hometown
(I wanna show you)

A little summer place
Where ladies but new shoes
So they can dance with
dance with boys
Comin from the city
(city small town streets)

And buy themselves an ice cream cone
And walk down to the beach

(chorus)
But it's a summer love
And it won't last long
'cause their runnin out of time
That's why I want a hometown girl
'cause you'll always be mine

Waitin for it all year long (for what)
Those summers at the lake house
(it always feels so right)
Living in their bathing suits
And going out at night

And the car go round and round and round
Just looking for some action
(oh no)
And all the local boys
Wait for the girls from Illinois

(chorus)

Well every time the summer ends
This place feels like a ghost town
Going along the park benches
The stores are all closed down

Everybody's waitin for that summer sun to shine
I'm waitin on that card from you
We're going out tonight

Well it's a summer love
And it won't last long
She'll be comin before it snows
That's why I want a hometown girl
'Cause you'll never have to go

No it wouldn't last long
You see they're runnin out time
Thats why I want a hometown girl 'cause always be mine

'Cause you'll always be mine
'Cause you'll always be mine
'Cause you'll always be mine