Rough Town

Album: Shake! Shake! Shake! (2011)
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  • “Where you from?” he asks
    “Oh no, that city I always pass”
    He told me he heard it's so hard to last
    On a rising star, that seems to be sinking fast.
    The bad news travels here so fast
    While the tales of the good never will reach the mass
    But I live here among the broken glass
    It's not what you see, it's how you will make it last
    From the late light after all the day is gone
    When everybody leaves and the trouble comes along
    There's not quite a welcome sign aglow
    It's a rough town man, a rough town I know
    The sound bites of dying city noise
    cre a fraction of the action that no one here enjoys
    If you hold tight and you listen past the lows
    It's a rough town now, it's my rough town I know
    “Hold your tongue, man” I say
    ‘Cause it's easy to scoff and underestimate
    cll the things you can't relate to
    Is the fabric I keep my memories sewn to
    From the late light after all the day is gone
    When everybody leaves and the trouble comes along
    There's not quite a welcome sign aglow
    It's a rough town man, a rough town I know Writer/s: CHRISTOPHER HENDERSON
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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