Byrne David Dirty Old Town (mapeye) Lyrics

Dirty Old Town (mapeye) Lyrics

Well, there are sixteen people in Danny's apartment

 Sixteen people are living in there

 Remember the days of rent control

 Grandpa remembers rock and roll

 

 These days won't last forever

 These days won't last for long

 You know, somebody somewhere owes us a favor

 That's how things really get done

 In this World of Opportunities, it's a Land of Possibilities

 

 We wanna live in a dirty old town

 Building it up, tearing us down

 With our head in the clouds and our feet on the ground

 We wanna live - dirty old town

 Dirty old town

 

 Now when the ladies come from Kansas

 They wear their traditional colors

 Today the fabrics are ragged and torn

 The clothes on their backs is all that they own

 They say, "Don't draw attention to yourself

 They'll tear you apart for a couple of bucks

 Keep you head down and keep you nose clean

 'Cause people who're scared do dangerous things"

 

 These days can't last forever

 These days can't last for long

 You know someday things'll get better

 Somehow things'll get done

 In this World of Possibilities, it's the Land of Opportunities

 

 We wanna live in a dirty old town

 Building it up, tearing us down

 With our head in the clouds and our feet on the ground

 We wanna live - dirty old town

 Dirty old town

 

 These days shoes are worn only on special occasions

 Battles are fought for fam'ly and nations

 Maybe you'll pray, but God isn't home

 And there's no guarantee that justice be done

 

 We wanna live in a dirty old town

 Building it up, tearing us down

 With our head in the clouds and our feet on the ground

 We wanna live - dirty old town

 Dirty old town