Dirty old town I met my love by the gas works wall Dreamed a dream by the old canal I kissed my girl by the factory wall Clouds are drifting across the moon Cats are prowling on their beat Spring's a girl from the streets at night I heard a siren from

Down they come, the swarm of locusts Skies above converge to choke us Feast of souls consume the harvest Forming clouds, their shadow shrouds Louder the tattered wings they sound Young and old, suffer unto the locust Descending down Sweet caress grazes

We had an apartment in the city, Me and Loretta liked living there. It's been years since the kids had grown, A life of their own left us alone. John and Linda live in Omaha, And Joe is somewhere on the road. We lost Davy in the Korean war, Still don't

No man is an island No one should be on their own Look at the horizon, 'cause love will always take you home She said all hearts break, don't lose faith You can't live life that way 'Cause when you go solo, in the feeling solo You become your own worst

All the way down Let it ride Gotta check it out Out on the street The summer heat Boys playing games Changing their names Pulling tricks Getting their kicks

Back to the river Aras Liar, Killer, Demon Freedom, Freedom, Free, Free Resting on the mountainside We have learned that you have no Can you feel their haunting presence? They have returned Honor, Murderer, Sodomizer Someone's blank stare deemed it

And worship Jesus And we'll all bow down Kings will surrender their crowns He is the Love of God Princes and paupers Sons and daughters Kneel at the throne of grace Losers and winners Saints and sinners

And the wind cries Mary. After all the jacks are in their boxes, And the clowns have all gone to bed, You can hear happiness staggering on down the street, Footprints dress in red. And the wind whispers Mary. A broom is drearily sweeping Up the broken

Wishing all the OGs could see me now, now yeah Oh ya ya yeah Oh ya ya ya ya ya ya ya yeah That's when I realized this shit was bigger than me Bigger than me When the whole town on their feet And they all just waiting on you to speak That's when you

It was a broken dream right from the start Bless their tortured, tangled hearts Oh love, oh love you fickle thing Such pretty words and golden rings Well there was a little falter at the altar of confession Down on its knees true love did fall After 31