One Way (This Town)

Keep your hands in sight
Where they can see
Keep your thoughts inside
Where they don't reach
And I want to be walking
Running on roads that I don't know
But I know (I know)
I'll stay silent
'Cause there's only one way to make it in this town

There's a lie in this town
There's a rumor about the way things go
I heard people believe in choices

And those people they think
In this town they'll be heard
But you have to be quiet and you already agreed
With the rules of the cold-hearted men who lead
No, no, no, no

You throw me back on my knees
Take from me all that I am
We didn't come here to please
But now it's out of our hands
We put our lives on the line
So you don't get to decide
About the stories we tell and the music we write
Who dares to sing them out loud

There's only one way to make it in this town

Now I've heard 'bout this place
Where you get to be free to choose your ways
Baby I still believe in choices
But we already signed and we already agreed

You throw me back on my knees
Take from me all that I am
We didn't come here to please
But now it's out of our hands
We put our lives on the line
So you don't get to decide
About the stories we tell and the music we write

Back on my knees
All that I am
Come here to please
Out of our hands
We put our lives on the line
Get to decide
About the stories we tell and the music we write
Who dares to sing them out loud

Keep your hands in sight
Where they can see
Keep your thoughts inside
Where they don't reach
And I want to be walking
Running on roads that they don't know
But I know (I know)
I'll stay silent
'Cause there's only one way to make it in this town