Letra de This Town / The Rakes Progress / 100 Nights
The cars leave their trails of hot and cold light inside my head Like burned-in long exposure pictures The wheels spin slowly backwards Strobing in the amber light And the rain comes down and washes my brain But it don't get cleanThis town has turned me into what I have become This town dresses me up like a stranger This town performs in the window like the ultimate gift This town takes us down I feel like I'm losing you to this townWe were saving our money for half of our lives We were saving our dreams And we came to this place to make the chances real In the big city But I've been counting the days I've been watching you change And I can feel it dying The noise outside takes you in its arms Like a lamb to a lionAnd down there somewhere among the noise The magazine dolls and the big money boys Move silently on their easy heels They move silently on their greasy wheelsThis town has turned me into what I have become This town dresses you up like a stranger This town hangs around in the doorway and tells me I'm late This town takes us down, takes us down I feel like I'm losing you to this townThe morning breaks and I watch you awake This town takes you down away from me againWhat do you do when your roots have dissolved and broken down And the soil that you grew in when you were small Has become nothing more than dirt in some dirty townWhen you list all the qualities that you despise And you realize you're describing yourselfAnd breakin' someone up inside Is your only source of prideA hundred nights of fun and games A thousand empty glasses I feel it change And stay the same As each day passesThey invite me to their gatherings In the finer parts of town They seem attracted to my indifference The irony just knocks me outAnd I love them as if I love them And they reciprocate with "help" But I look up at these mirrors sometimes And I can't see myselfThey say that some are born to burn And some are born to give They say that people live and learn Some people only live and liveYou don't know that I come here But if you did, you would know why So we close our eyesYou didn't notice me As I passed you on the stairs How could you ever guess Looking at my face How closely I share your taste How well I know your place Even the clothes you wear I've seen them when you're not thereYou say that you can win win win If you know how to play the game But while you're out there playing you see There's something you should know She spends your money She spends your money on me