MY TOWN
Patty Smyth


I took a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
The new graffiti says that life's a bitch
And now I hear this bridge is fallin' down
Someone will steal it 'fore it hits the ground

Now, I wanna go out walkin' in my own neighborhood
Where I was just a little girl and life was good
But the boys around the corner gonna f--k with me
I'm gonna keep on walkin', they don't see

This is my town
I was born and raised on these streets
This is my town
Oh, yeah
Oh oh, yeah
My town

Too many people are on the streets tonight
It's way too hot, someone's lookin' for a fight
What a mess of faces in an endless sea
I'm gettin' tired of all this energy

And I guess I could just pick it up
And move outside of town
And listen to the crickets when the sun goes down
But then we couldn't hear them plain' down at S.O.B.'s
Where my friend, Lincoln can get us in for free

And this is my town
I grew up too fast on these streets
Hey, this is my town
Oh, yeah
Hey, hey, hey
This is my town
Ooh ooh, yeah

And tonight the rain is fallin'
Fallin' down
The lights outside are changin' without a sound
Oh, yeah

-Instrumental-

Now, lets' just take a train down into China Town
Passed a house of candles, you know they burned it down
Tomorrow is the Puerto Rican Day parade
They'll be dancin' in the street
Come to carry me away

And this is my town
I was born and raised on these streets
This is my town
I'm walkin' down these mean streets
It's a big, bad town

This is my town
Hey, yeah yeah yeah
This is my
Oh, oh, my town

(Fade to End)
I said yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah



(Transcribed by Carlene Bogle - July 2002)