Oh, what a beautiful city Oh, what a beautiful city Oh, what a beautiful city Twelve gates to the city, hallelujah And it's oh, what a beautiful Oh Oh
He works way too much for way too little He drinks way too early till way too late He hasn't had raise since New Years Day in eighty-eight Gets trampled
My Town Intro [Instrumental]
I'm tired of spinnin' my wheels I need to find a place where my heart can go to heal I need to get there pretty quick Hey, mister, what you got out on
A blood stained shirt, seductive smile With eyes full of hate and murders in style The sky turns red, the air is cold With one last chance to do as I'
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Dublin is a city full of good times Dublin is a city full of dance Dublin is a city full of music Poetry, sex and romance But
In my memory I will always see the town that I have loved so well Where our school played ball by the gasyard wall and we laughed through the smoke and
Baby, my ears are open And I'm watching you That language your body's speakin' It makes me sick And you're not so smooth 'Cause you do it for the thrill
Long ago, but not so very long ago The world was different, oh yes, it was You settled down and you built a town and made it live And you watched it grow
JACK Listen, there were objects so peculiar They were not to be believed All around, things to tantalize my brain It's a world unlike anything I've
Well, I've been down to Georgia, I've seen the streets in the West I've driven down the 90, hell, I've seen America's best I've been through the Rockies
Balladeer: (?) They called it Dirty Gulch, and this is how it got its name Everyone who chewed some gum or ate a candy bar Would throw the wrapper
You wake up in the morning Thinking it is just another day You're answering your phone girl It turns out that your David is gay Meeting up with your girls
And you know the sun's settin' fast, And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts. Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye, But hold on to your lover, '
Night falls as the sky scrapes From the rooftops to the lakes. Get in line for the handshakes. Take a pill for the bellyaches. The vampires and the Frankensteins
When you're young and so in love as we And bewildered by the world we see Why do people hurt us so Only those in love would know What a town without pity
Met a girl in Leningrad, she wasn't bad and I might add I found it such a pleasure to be near her Just to hear her call my name She was so fair and she
The word is out, this town can hardly breathe The air is filled with dust and dying dreams Attaching wings to all the sights We're making sure these buildings