Paperback Town Lyrics

Paperback Town lyrics

imagine the space as it used to be  

 there were fields of corn  

 there were big oak trees  

 but a woman in a suit bulldozed it clear  

 built a concrete world full of crocodile tears  

  

 and we don't understand  

 that we all have a part in a government plan  

 it's a hard shot  

 to be the people in the place that the world forgot  

 in a paperback town  

  

 but I know I know I know we can be free  

 though no guardian angel up above  

 has kept an eye on me  

 and at night I listen to the sirens moan  

 for a broken heart from a broken home  

 so many people are so alone  

 in a paperback town  

  

 and one day soon I'm gonna write it all down  

 I live my life in a paperback town  

  

 oooh--in a paperback town  

 oooh--in a paperback town  

  

 I'm gonna take my troubles  

 gonna pack my bags  

 gonna fly my kite for a different flag  

 I'll sing my song  

 From the top of the hill  

 when the night is cold  

 and the wind is chill  

  

 'cos I don't understand  

 why I should be part of another man's plan  

 it's a hard shot  

 for the people in the place  

 that the world forgot  

 in a paperback town  

  

 live and die here  

 in a paperback town  

 wonder why here  

 in a paperback town  

  

 but I know I know I know we can be free | 

 though no guardian angel up above  

 has kept an eye on me  

 and at night I listen to the rain fall down  

 and I shake with the fear that we all will drown  

 but my words don't even make a sound  

 in a paperback town  

  

 and one day soon I'm gonna write it all down  

 I live my life in a paperback town