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жанры: country, folk
альбомы: Other Voices, Other Rooms
This Old Town
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Nanci Griffith
жанры: country, folk
альбомы: Other Voices, Other Rooms
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This old town should've burned down in 1929 That's when we stood in line Waiting for our soup Swallowing our prideThis old town should've burned down in 1931 When the rain refused to come Air filled up our bellies, dust filled up our lungs And we thought our time had comeThis old town was built by hand In the dust bowl of the motherland There must be rock beneath this sand Oh' I'll be damned, this town still standsThis old town should've burned down in 1944 When the last men went to war They came back different If they came back at allThis old town should've burned down in 1956 That's when the twister hit And all our hopes were buried Beneath the boards and bricks And we almost called it quitsThis old town was built by hand In the dust bowl of the motherland There must be rock beneath this sand Oh' I'll be damned, this town still standsSomewhere in the distance The city lights do shine The sidewalks gleam with neon dreams That call from time to timeWhen my children's children Ask me why didn't I go They say the heart of any town Is the people that you've known They'll always call you homeThis old town was built by hand In the dust bowl of the motherland There must be rock beneath this sand Oh I'll be damned, this town still stands
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