my little town

in my little town

i grew up believing

god keeps his eye on us all. and he used to lean upon me as i pledged allegiance to the wall. lord

i recall

in my little town

comin' home after school

flyin' my bike past the gates of the factories

my mom doin' the laundry

hangin' out shirts in the dirty breeze. and after it rains there's a rainbow and all of the colors are black. it's not that the colors aren't there

it's just imagination they lack. everything's the same back in my little town

my little town

my little town. nothin' but the dead and dyin' back in my little town. nothin' but the dead and dyin' back in my little town. in my little town

i never meant nothin'

i was just my father's son. mmm. savin' my money

dreamin' of glory

twitchin' like a finger on the trigger of a gun. leavin' nothin' but the dead and dying back in my little town. nothin' but the dead and dyin' back in my little town. nothin' but the dead and dyin' back in my little town. nothin' but the dead and dyin' back in my little town. nothin' but the dead and dyin' back in my little town.