Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song This Old Town, artist - Janis Ian. Date of issue: 06.01.2014
Song language: English
This Old Town |
| This old town should’ve burned down in 1929 |
| That’s when we stood in line |
| Waiting for our soup |
| Swallowing our pride |
| This 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 come |
| This old town was built by hand |
| In the dust bowl of the motherland |
| There must be rock beneath the sand |
| Oh, I’ll be damned |
| This town still stands |
| This old town should’ve burned down in 1944 |
| When the last men went to war |
| They came back different |
| If they came back at all |
| And this 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 quits |
| But this old town was built by hand |
| In the dust bowl of the motherland |
| There must be rock beneath this sand |
| I’ll be damned |
| This town still stands |
| Bridge: |
| Somewhere in the distance |
| The city lights do shine |
| The sidewalks gleam with neon dreams |
| That call from time to time |
| When my children’s children |
| Ask me why I didn’t go |
| I say the heart of any town |
| Is the people that you’ve known |
| And they’ll always call you home |
| And this old town was built by hand |
| In the dust bowl of the motherland |
| There must be rock beneath the sand |
| I’ll be damned |
| This town still stands |