Say goodbye to the ones that we love Say your prayer for the ones that we love Oh Lord have mercy on my soul For the sick and suffering The city of damage control Say hello to the cops on patrol Say goodbye to the ones we love Violence on the rise Like a

Does it almost feel like How am I gonna be an optimist about this? And the walls kept tumbling down In the city that we love Grey clouds roll over the hills Bringing darkness from above But if you close your eyes, Nothing changed at all? And if you close

Does it almost feel like Nothing changed at all But if you close your eyes Nothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes You've been here before? And the walls kept tumbling down In the city that we love Grey clouds roll over the hills

And they never fly Something's changed track Reach up from the waves You'll find that you're only waving goodbye You're only waving I went back to Boston Back to the city of lost love I went back to the place And recognized your face in the stone long

Does it almost feel like How am I gonna be an optimist about this? And the walls kept tumbling down In the city that we love Grey clouds roll over the hills Bringing darkness from above But if you close your eyes, Nothing changed at all? And if you close

Tell 'em if they want it, they can come get that (Statik) I swear I love my city, I just want a little (Statik) See me, they salute me, they ain't ready for that (Statik) Detroit vs. Everybody I took a bite out the rotten apple by the poison tree All

And we were bound to the citylife Flashlights when we’re falling into the night Focused on what you feel Just when you were calling her love that day When we were young souls On the junk-yard Now we are stunned minds Full of junk-goods But I feel your

Ain't no love in the heart of the city, Ain't no love 'cause you ain't around. Ain't no love in the heart of town. Ain't no love, sure 'nuff is a pity, Every place that I go, Well, it seems so strange. Without you love, baby, baby, Things have changed.