Drinking Town
We cashed our checks today, bought us some quick picks and 24's
Walked by a souvenir out on display since Desert Storm
Heard a jukebox blarin' out "The Promised Land"
The static sound of a burned out crowd made me light a cigarette
And hold on to what's left
We held out of the plans that'd been carved out
Kept our spirits high 'till our bones broke down
This middle of the road's neither lost nor found
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
Tom's goin' on and on 'bout how he can't afford the rise in rent
A shakedown developer took his whole block for just a couple of cents
We used to work construction on Elmhurst Street
'Till they sent in a billionaire who tried to make us work for free
But fuck the gig economy
We held out of the plans that'd been carved out
Kept our spirits high 'till our bones broke down
This middle of the road's neither lost nor found
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
Won't let it fade away
And watch the heartbeat disappear
Can't bring ourselves to say
We've wasted all these years
As change passes over us, seems we keep losin' someone new
A mind with potential whose college credentials want the vista view
You might say we're watchin' the world go by
But traffic jams and retirement plans leave us bleedin' ourselves dry
I'm stayin' holed up in this dive
We held out of the plans that'd been carved out
Kept our spirits high 'till our bones broke down
This middle of the road's neither lost nor found
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
In a drinking town
In a drinking town
In a drinking town
In a drinking town
Walked by a souvenir out on display since Desert Storm
Heard a jukebox blarin' out "The Promised Land"
The static sound of a burned out crowd made me light a cigarette
And hold on to what's left
We held out of the plans that'd been carved out
Kept our spirits high 'till our bones broke down
This middle of the road's neither lost nor found
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
Tom's goin' on and on 'bout how he can't afford the rise in rent
A shakedown developer took his whole block for just a couple of cents
We used to work construction on Elmhurst Street
'Till they sent in a billionaire who tried to make us work for free
But fuck the gig economy
We held out of the plans that'd been carved out
Kept our spirits high 'till our bones broke down
This middle of the road's neither lost nor found
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
Won't let it fade away
And watch the heartbeat disappear
Can't bring ourselves to say
We've wasted all these years
As change passes over us, seems we keep losin' someone new
A mind with potential whose college credentials want the vista view
You might say we're watchin' the world go by
But traffic jams and retirement plans leave us bleedin' ourselves dry
I'm stayin' holed up in this dive
We held out of the plans that'd been carved out
Kept our spirits high 'till our bones broke down
This middle of the road's neither lost nor found
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
Life ain't too bad in a drinking town
In a drinking town
In a drinking town
In a drinking town
In a drinking town
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Writer(s): Alex Gregory Blizniak, Benjamin Burke Lauenroth
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