| She was walkin' with lovin' in her eyes | |
| Momma didn't know where she was | |
| She nearly started a riot | |
| She called the police to check it out | |
| Took her boyfriend down town | |
| He thought he was a criminal | |
| Yeah, he though he was a real hard case | |
| Oh what a day, | |
| Oh what a waste | |
| In this town | |
| Was a Friday night football game | |
| Down at the high school stadium | |
| She was a cheerleader | |
| With her quarterback sneaking out behind the bleachers to play | |
| 'Cause they don't care what people say | |
| In this town | |
| Nothing ever changes in this town | |
| And the story's always the same one in this town | |
| And I thank you lord for keepin' us safe | |
| And I thank you mother for making us pray | |
| She is a single mother workin' at a restaurant | |
| Under protective custody | |
| And every day a boy reminds her of what they lost | |
| By movin' away from the city | |
| She says I know that you miss your friends in L.A. | |
| But at least your father is so far away | |
| From this town | |
| From this town | |
| Nothin' ever changes in this town | |
| And the story's always the same one in this town | |
| And I thank you lord for keepin' us safe | |
| And I thank you mother for making us pray | |
| For making us pray | |
| There's an old man on a front porch swing | |
| And he's always talkin' to nobody | |
| But if you ever stop to listen | |
| You might learn a thing or two | |
| Yeah, I'm talkin' to you | |
| You see, once he was a young man | |
| And he was holdin' a young girl's hand | |
| And they where walking' down by the lake | |
| And about 1948 | |
| And they had their first kiss | |
| Oh, with the moon shining down | |
| And they had the true love | |
| Oh, it really could be found | |
| In this town | |
| Oh, in this town | |
| Oh | |
| Yeah, in this town | |
| Yeah, in this town | |
| Nothin' ever changes in this town | |
| And the story's always the same one in this town | |
| And I thank you lord for keepin' us safe | |
| And I thank you mother for making us | |
| Oh, for making us pray | |
| For making us pray | |
| In this town | |
| Oh, in this town | |
| It's just the way it goes in this town | |
| It's just the way things go in this town |
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