You will like the folks you meet – in our town
The folks you meet on any street – in our town
Pick out any cottage – white or brown
They’re all so appealing – with that lived in feeling
You will like the shady lanes – in our town
The music of the passing trains – in our town
You will lose your heart – i promise you
In this – our two-by-four town
Welcome – on the door town
If you’ll – make it your town too
Written by ricky & marty wilde
This is your town, this is my place
This is where my whole world is lived in
Nothing much, and just out of reach of all the city lights
It’s a high town, it’s a low town
It’s get here, come on you grow town
No-one does, but everyone thinks they’re gonna make it soon
This is one place i respected
Now i feel it’s really dejected
No-one cares and the people just stare
And a man on the box says
"hey you, don’t walk away, vote for me
You’ll get more pay, keep working hard"
But they work slow
Here it comes now, sunday morning
Just another sleepy town yawning
Down below everything looks just like another day
But, in the warm glow of the sunrise
There’s a child who’s searching with young eyes
Looking ‘round and feeling inside he’s gonna fly away
There was one time i was leaving
But the folks around me kept grieving
Friends said go, but my dad said no
And my mum kept saying
"don’t go, don’t go away
Don’t leave us, you’ve got to stay
Just raise them kids, oh mother no"
No prospects, just projects
Don’t try to tell me we’re living
There’s no real need to try
Can’t you see this town gonna die
Hail the new age, it’s a rat cage
Join the place for breeding dumb spieces
All stacked up and doing whatever someone tells you to
Burn the place down, make it dead ground
Show the people just what they’re missing
Wake up, wake up, can’t you believe in what i’m telling you
There’s a house where i was born in
Now it’s changed without any warning
Cranes just crash and bricks just smash
While a billboard’s saying
"let’s go, let’s get away
Come fly me, you’ve weeks to pay
When sunshine calls, but i won’t go
This is our town
Written by ricky & marty wilde
This is your town, this is my place
This is where my whole world is lived in
Nothing much, and just out of reach of all the city lights
It’s a high town, it’s a low town
It’s get here, come on you grow town
No-one does, but everyone thinks they’re gonna make it soon
This is one place i respected
Now i feel it’s really dejected
No-one cares and the people just stare
And a man on the box says
"hey you, don’t walk away, vote for me
You’ll get more pay, keep working hard"
But they work slow
Here it comes now, sunday morning
Just another sleepy town yawning
Down below everything looks just like another day
But, in the warm glow of the sunrise
There’s a child who’s searching with young eyes
Looking ‘round and feeling inside he’s gonna fly away
There was one time i was leaving
But the folks around me kept grieving
Friends said go, but my dad said no
And my mum kept saying
"don’t go, don’t go away
Don’t leave us, you’ve got to stay
Just raise them kids, oh mother no"
No prospects, just projects
Don’t try to tell me we’re living
There’s no real need to try
Can’t you see this town gonna die
Hail the new age, it’s a rat cage
Join the place for breeding dumb spieces
All stacked up and doing whatever someone tells you to
Burn the place down, make it dead ground
Show the people just what they’re missing
Wake up, wake up, can’t you believe in what i’m telling you
There’s a house where i was born in
Now it’s changed without any warning
Cranes just crash and bricks just smash
While a billboard’s saying
"let’s go, let’s get away
Come fly me, you’ve weeks to pay
When sunshine calls, but i won’t go
This is our town
Written by ricky & marty wilde
This is your town, this is my place
This is where my whole world is lived in
Nothing much, and just out of reach of all the city lights
It’s a high town, it’s a low town
It’s get here, come on you grow town
No-one does, but everyone thinks they’re gonna make it soon
This is one place i respected
Now i feel it’s really dejected
No-one cares and the people just stare
And a man on the box says
"hey you, don’t walk away, vote for me
You’ll get more pay, keep working hard"
But they work slow
Here it comes now, sunday morning
Just another sleepy town yawning
Down below everything looks just like another day
But, in the warm glow of the sunrise
There’s a child who’s searching with young eyes
Looking ‘round and feeling inside he’s gonna fly away
There was one time i was leaving
But the folks around me kept grieving
Friends said go, but my dad said no
And my mum kept saying
"don’t go, don’t go away
Don’t leave us, you’ve got to stay
Just raise them kids, oh mother no"
No prospects, just projects
Don’t try to tell me we’re living
There’s no real need to try
Can’t you see this town gonna die
Hail the new age, it’s a rat cage
Join the place for breeding dumb spieces
All stacked up and doing whatever someone tells you to
Burn the place down, make it dead ground
Show the people just what they’re missing
Wake up, wake up, can’t you believe in what i’m telling you
There’s a house where i was born in
Now it’s changed without any warning
Cranes just crash and bricks just smash
While a billboard’s saying
"let’s go, let’s get away
Come fly me, you’ve weeks to pay
When sunshine calls, but i won’t go
This is our town
Written by ricky & marty wilde
This is your town, this is my place
This is where my whole world is lived in
Nothing much, and just out of reach of all the city lights
It’s a high town, it’s a low town
It’s get here, come on you grow town
No-one does, but everyone thinks they’re gonna make it soon
This is one place i respected
Now i feel it’s really dejected
No-one cares and the people just stare
And a man on the box says
"hey you, don’t walk away, vote for me
You’ll get more pay, keep working hard"
But they work slow
Here it comes now, sunday morning
Just another sleepy town yawning
Down below everything looks just like another day
But, in the warm glow of the sunrise
There’s a child who’s searching with young eyes
Looking ‘round and feeling inside he’s gonna fly away
There was one time i was leaving
But the folks around me kept grieving
Friends said go, but my dad said no
And my mum kept saying
"don’t go, don’t go away
Don’t leave us, you’ve got to stay
Just raise them kids, oh mother no"
No prospects, just projects
Don’t try to tell me we’re living
There’s no real need to try
Can’t you see this town gonna die
Hail the new age, it’s a rat cage
Join the place for breeding dumb spieces
All stacked up and doing whatever someone tells you to
Burn the place down, make it dead ground
Show the people just what they’re missing
Wake up, wake up, can’t you believe in what i’m telling you
There’s a house where i was born in
Now it’s changed without any warning
Cranes just crash and bricks just smash
While a billboard’s saying
"let’s go, let’s get away
Come fly me, you’ve weeks to pay
When sunshine calls, but i won’t go
This is our town
Written by ricky & marty wilde
This is your town, this is my place
This is where my whole world is lived in
Nothing much, and just out of reach of all the city lights
It’s a high town, it’s a low town
It’s get here, come on you grow town
No-one does, but everyone thinks they’re gonna make it soon
This is one place i respected
Now i feel it’s really dejected
No-one cares and the people just stare
And a man on the box says
"hey you, don’t walk away, vote for me
You’ll get more pay, keep working hard"
But they work slow
Here it comes now, sunday morning
Just another sleepy town yawning
Down below everything looks just like another day
But, in the warm glow of the sunrise
There’s a child who’s searching with young eyes
Looking ‘round and feeling inside he’s gonna fly away
There was one time i was leaving
But the folks around me kept grieving
Friends said go, but my dad said no
And my mum kept saying
"don’t go, don’t go away
Don’t leave us, you’ve got to stay
Just raise them kids, oh mother no"
No prospects, just projects
Don’t try to tell me we’re living
There’s no real need to try
Can’t you see this town gonna die
Hail the new age, it’s a rat cage
Join the place for breeding dumb spieces
All stacked up and doing whatever someone tells you to
Burn the place down, make it dead ground
Show the people just what they’re missing
Wake up, wake up, can’t you believe in what i’m telling you
There’s a house where i was born in
Now it’s changed without any warning
Cranes just crash and bricks just smash
While a billboard’s saying
"let’s go, let’s get away
Come fly me, you’ve weeks to pay
When sunshine calls, but i won’t go
This is our town
(m. crenshaw)
I hear something in the sounds that surround me
That only seems to remind me
That i’m lost and longing for a different place and time
I wanna be walking down the avenue
Tall buildings staring down on me and you
But all i have is pictures running through my mind
Chorus:
Sunlight dying
People rushing madly all around
Sirens crying
Gotta grab the next thing back to our town
Before the whole thing crumbles to the ground
Do you remember the promise i gave you?
The one i swore i would hold to
Well you’re there,
I’m here and everything i said was wrong
So we’re not out with the crowd nights
Not walking under the bright lights
All i can do is dream about it all night long.
Chorus: (as above)
Bridge:
It’s the place where we keep our hopes and dreams
The place where i lost my heart it seems
All people looking for danger and romance
Drop by there while you still have the chance
‘cause it’s all gonna tumble down
It’s gonna shake apart and crumble to the ground.
Written by ricky & marty wilde
This is your town, this is my place
This is where my whole world is lived in
Nothing much, and just out of reach of all the city lights
It’s a high town, it’s a low town
It’s get here, come on you grow town
No-one does, but everyone thinks they’re gonna make it soon
This is one place i respected
Now i feel it’s really dejected
No-one cares and the people just stare
And a man on the box says
"hey you, don’t walk away, vote for me
You’ll get more pay, keep working hard"
But they work slow
Here it comes now, sunday morning
Just another sleepy town yawning
Down below everything looks just like another day
But, in the warm glow of the sunrise
There’s a child who’s searching with young eyes
Looking ‘round and feeling inside he’s gonna fly away
There was one time i was leaving
But the folks around me kept grieving
Friends said go, but my dad said no
And my mum kept saying
"don’t go, don’t go away
Don’t leave us, you’ve got to stay
Just raise them kids, oh mother no"
No prospects, just projects
Don’t try to tell me we’re living
There’s no real need to try
Can’t you see this town gonna die
Hail the new age, it’s a rat cage
Join the place for breeding dumb spieces
All stacked up and doing whatever someone tells you to
Burn the place down, make it dead ground
Show the people just what they’re missing
Wake up, wake up, can’t you believe in what i’m telling you
There’s a house where i was born in
Now it’s changed without any warning
Cranes just crash and bricks just smash
While a billboard’s saying
"let’s go, let’s get away
Come fly me, you’ve weeks to pay
When sunshine calls, but i won’t go
This is our town
