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Lyrics to This Old Town
by Janis Ian
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This old town should have burned down
In nineteen twenty-nine.
That's when we stood in line,
Waiting for our soup,
While swallowing our pride.
This old town should have burned down
In nineteen thirty-one.
When the rain refused to come.
Air filled up our bellies,
Dust filled up our lungs.
And we thought our time had come.
But this old town was built by hand,
In the dustbowl of the motherland.
There must be rock beneath this sand.
I'll be damned, this town still stands.
This old town should have burned down
In nineteen forty-four,
When the last man went to war.
They came back different,
If they came back at all.
This old town should have burned down
In nineteen fifty-six.
That's when the twister hit.
And all our hopes lay buried
Beneath the boards and bricks.
And we almost called it quits.
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But this old town was built by hand,
In the dustbowl of the motherland.
There must be rock beneath this sand.
I'll be damned, this town still stands.
Somewhere in the distance,
The city lights do shine.
Sidewalks gleam with neon dreams,
That call from time to time.
When my children's children ask,
Why I didn't go, I'll say,
"The heart of any town
Is the people that you've known,
And they always call you home."
This old town was built by hand,
In the dustbowl of the motherland.
And there is rock beneath the sand,
I'll be damned, this town still stands.
THIS OLD TOWN
Written by: Janis Ian & Jon Vezner
Performed by: Janis Ian
Appears on: Unreleased 3: Society's Child-20061.
1Transcribed from the track on this album.
Copyright © Janis Ian/her co-writer(s) if any/their publisher(s).
All rights reserved.
In nineteen twenty-nine.
That's when we stood in line,
Waiting for our soup,
While swallowing our pride.
This old town should have burned down
In nineteen thirty-one.
When the rain refused to come.
Air filled up our bellies,
Dust filled up our lungs.
And we thought our time had come.
But this old town was built by hand,
In the dustbowl of the motherland.
There must be rock beneath this sand.
I'll be damned, this town still stands.
This old town should have burned down
In nineteen forty-four,
When the last man went to war.
They came back different,
If they came back at all.
This old town should have burned down
In nineteen fifty-six.
That's when the twister hit.
And all our hopes lay buried
Beneath the boards and bricks.
And we almost called it quits.
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/qoDF
But this old town was built by hand,
In the dustbowl of the motherland.
There must be rock beneath this sand.
I'll be damned, this town still stands.
Somewhere in the distance,
The city lights do shine.
Sidewalks gleam with neon dreams,
That call from time to time.
When my children's children ask,
Why I didn't go, I'll say,
"The heart of any town
Is the people that you've known,
And they always call you home."
This old town was built by hand,
In the dustbowl of the motherland.
And there is rock beneath the sand,
I'll be damned, this town still stands.
THIS OLD TOWN
Written by: Janis Ian & Jon Vezner
Performed by: Janis Ian
Appears on: Unreleased 3: Society's Child-20061.
1Transcribed from the track on this album.
Copyright © Janis Ian/her co-writer(s) if any/their publisher(s).
All rights reserved.
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