Hometown Girl
ZHU Lyrics

You'll never be my hometown girl
The singer is telling a girl that she can never replace his hometown girl who he values a lot.

There's nothing like her in this world
The singer believes that there is no other girl in the world like his hometown girl.

I'm tired of the get around girls
The singer is tired of the girls who are just fooling around and not serious about any relationship.

Ain't nothing like my hometown girl
Again, the singer emphasizes that no other girl can match up to his hometown girl.

You told me you were cool with kickin' it
The girl had previously agreed to spend time with the singer in his place and have fun.

In my crib, in my pool, we be dippin' in
The singer describes the kind of things they used to do together at his place.

But some days you would look at me so different
Sometimes, the girl would give the singer a strange look.

(Ooh, why?)
The singer expresses his confusion about why the girl is acting different around him.

Is it because I'm in the music biz?
The singer wonders if the girl does not like him because of his profession in the music industry.

Or you don't wanna love me when I'm just strugglin'?
The singer wonders if the girl is not interested in him when he is struggling in his career.

But you still tell me that you're my hometown chick, why?
The singer asks the girl why she still claims to be his hometown girl even though she sometimes acts different around him.

I'm missing someone else
The singer confesses that he is missing another girl.

This will never be the same
The singer acknowledges that things between him and the current girl will never be the same again.

But I blame it on myself
The singer takes responsibility for the situation and blames himself for it.

Because I can't make you change
The singer realizes that he cannot change the girl or the way she feels about him.

I can't remember when we last expressed
The singer cannot recall when they last spoke about their feelings for each other.

All the feelings in our hearts that we possess
The singer believes that both of them have feelings for each other that they haven't expressed.

Even though we're making love, it's not passionate
The singer feels that even though they are intimate with each other, there is no passion in their relationship.

(Ooh, why?)
Again, the singer expresses his confusion about the situation.

You keep on running back into the past
The singer observes that the girl keeps going back to their past and cannot move on.

Tying to hold on to my love, but you can't make it last forever
The singer realizes that she wants to hold on to his love but acknowledges that it cannot last forever.

So I must confess
The singer confesses to his true feelings and intentions.

You'll never be my hometown girl
The singer reiterates to the girl that she can never replace his hometown girl.

There's nothing like her in this world
Again, the singer believes that no other girl can match up to his hometown girl.

I'm tired of the get around girls
The singer repeats that he is tired of the girls who are not serious about any relationship.

Ain't nothing like my hometown girl
The singer emphasizes again that no other girl can match up to his hometown girl.