Death to My Hometown [CD] Lyrics

Sandy the fireworks are hailin' over little Eden tonightForcin' a light into all those stony faces left stranded on this fourth of JulyDown in town the circuit's full of switchblad...Read Full Lyrics

Born down in a dead man's townThe first kick I took was when I hit the groundYou end up like a dog that's been beat too muchTill you spend half your life just covering upBorn in th...Read Full Lyrics

You and me we were the pretendersWe let it all slip awayIn the end what you don't surrenderWell the world just strips awayGirl, ain't no kindness in the face of strangersAin't gonn...Read Full Lyrics

One night in a motel roomEyes cast like steelI drank the wine that they left on my tableI knew the morning was too farI smoked my last cigaretteI stay only to get byThe night was d...Read Full Lyrics

I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her batonMe and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people diedFrom the town of Lincoln Nebraska with a sawed-off .410 on my...Read Full Lyrics

In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream At night we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines Sprung from cages out on highway nine, C...Read Full Lyrics

And he says, "In a little while you'll be all right"All he gives is a humbug pill, a dose of dope and a great big billTell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?He says,...Read Full Lyrics

I got my discharge from Fort IrwinTook a place on the San Diego county lineFelt funny bein' a civilian againIt'd been some timeMy wife had died a year agoI was still tryin' to find...Read Full Lyrics

Ain’t no school ever taught itNo one ever made itAin’t no one ever bought itBaby you’ve got itBaby you’ve got itCome on and give it to meAin’t no one can break itThere ai...Read Full Lyrics

Well Papa go to bed now it's getting lateNothing we can say is gonna change anything nowI'll be leaving in the morning from Saint Mary's GateWe wouldn't change this thing even if w...Read Full Lyrics