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 Intro

Gather around you people now to the tale that I tell

About the last time my friend moved he decided to move to hell

They call it Creslawn California down there USA

For God and his wisdom burned it down one beautiful day

He could not sleep for restlessness, downtown he went

 Where he ran into some rednecks looking to sexually experiment

Me and this man had a band once and we were called The Shapes

You probably never heard of us and that really is okay

We drank and we threw up sometimes we practiced and played

Our drummer couldn't figure out whether he was straight or he was gay

We went on tour within walking distance of our house

 Maybe that is why no one knew what our sound was all about

 Thats why I say gather around you people now

 Get your money out to lend

 We're all leaving town for good again

For good again

We drink up at the high school by the stairs on the hill

Everything looked beautiful with enough booze and pills

It was nice to know that no one in their right mind would drop by

Just bitch about some bull now and the lights lit up the sky

You'd never understand the things my friend Eric put us through

He had this Powepoint presentation about this girl he want to do

Well now we were all such assholes but who was keeping score

Most the people who still hate us they don't live here anymore

Thank God I don't live here anymore

 Thats why I say gather around you people now

 Get your money out to lend

 We're all leaving town for good again

For good again

We lived in the house and it was down on Lincoln street

We payed the bills now and they turned out the heat

I lived up in the attic right above the bathroom

When I could pay my rent-man illegal drugs thats exactly what I do

We barbecued in that alley until pa poisoned me with raw meat

 Sometimes I come home at 4 AM and go face down in the streets

 It was a low level existence thats what you proper people'd say

But I wrote songs in that attic that I now get paid to play

So if you don't like people who live in attics now might be the time to say

Cuz' everybody who is anybody, in my opinion,

 at one time lived in somebody's hallway

 Thats why I say gather around you people now

 Get your money out to lend

 We're all leaving town for good again

For good again

 Thats why I say gather around you people now

 Get your money out to lend

 We're all leaving town for good again

For good again (3x)