[Intro]
   
   

[Verse 1]
           
I was just a t

            
ourist, you go

              
t to be a big 

 
hometown hero
           
Made you feel 

            
important, sti

              
ll stuck in yo

    
ur high school

 yearbook

[Pre-Chorus 1]
           
Why'd we have 

             
to cover so mu

             
ch ground? you

             
 showed me aro

und
           
As far as I'm 

             
concerned they

              
 should just b

             
urn the whole 

       
city down

[Chorus]
             
How'd you make

          
 me hate Bosto

n?
              
It's not its f

           
ault that you 

            
don't love me
             
Had its charm,

         
 but it lost i

t
              
It's not its f

           
ault, just a c

      
asualty
           
And casual's t

             
he way you cho

       
se to leave

[Verse 2]
           
Hid me in your

            
 basement, God

              
 forbid, you'r

           
e not the cent

er of attentio

n
           
Family confron

            
tation, probab

              
ly started 'ca

        
use my name wa

s mentioned

[Pre-Chorus 2]
           
I heard your f

             
ather's sleepi

             
n' on the couc

              
h, he sure got

   
 around
           
As far as I'm 

             
concerned they

              
 should just b

             
urn the whole 

       
city down

[Chorus]
             
How'd you make

          
 me hate Bosto

n?
              
It's not its f

           
ault that you 

            
don't love me
             
Had its charm,

         
 but it lost i

t
              
It's not its f

          
ault, just a c

      
asualty
             
How'd you make

          
 me hate Bosto

n?
              
The whole thin

             
g is haunted, 

             
how do you sle

ep?
            
Oh, when you h

  
eld me  hostag

e
         
You must be   

      
  exhausted, d

              
on't you miss 


me?

[Outro]
           
And casual's t

             
he way you cho

       
se to leave
           
And you're all

             
 over every si

            
ngle street