This Old Town-Nanci Griffith

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[00:00.00]This Old Town - Nanci Griffith
[00:05.90]This old town should've burned down in 1929
[00:10.80]That's when we stood in line
[00:13.48]Waiting for our soup
[00:15.92]Swallowing our pride
[00:18.43]And This old town should've burn down in 1931
[00:23.33]When the rain refused to come
[00:26.19]Air filled up our bellies dust filled up our lungs
[00:30.76]And we thought our time had come
[00:35.69]And This old town was built by hand
[00:40.95]In the dust bowl of the motherland
[00:48.57]There must be rock beneath this sand
[00:53.24]Oh I'll be damned this town still stands
[01:03.60]This old town should've burned down in 1944
[01:08.38]When the last men went to war
[01:11.59]They came back different
[01:13.79]If they came back at all
[01:16.39]This old town should've burned down in 1956
[01:21.51]That's when the twister hit
[01:23.92]And all our hopes were buried
[01:26.62]Beneath the boards and bricks
[01:28.70]And we almost called it quits
[01:33.67]This old town was built by hand
[01:38.94]In the dust bowl of the motherland
[01:46.55]There must be rock beneath this sand
[01:51.15]Oh I'll be damned this town still stands
[02:01.45]Somewhere in the distance
[02:04.01]The city lights do shine
[02:06.25]The sidewalks gleam with neon dreams
[02:09.18]That call from time to time
[02:11.69]When my children's children
[02:13.68]Ask me why didn't I go
[02:16.49]They say the heart of any town
[02:19.13]Is the people that you've known
[02:21.54]They'll always call you home
[02:26.53]This old town was built by hand
[02:31.65]In the dust bowl of the motherland
[02:39.41]There must be rock beneath this sand
[02:43.94]Oh I'll be damned this town still stands