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In my little town

I grew up believ--ing

God keeps His eye on us all

And He used to lean upon me

As I pledged allegiance to the wall

Lord I recall

 My little town

 Coming home after school

Flying my bike past the gates

 Of the factories

My mom doing the laundry

Hanging our shirts

 In the dirty breeze

  And after it rains

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There's a rainbow

 And all of the colors are black

 It's not that the colors aren't there

 It's just imagin-ation they lack

 Everything's the same

 Back in my little town

Nothing but the dead and dying

 Back in my little town

Nothing but the dead and dying

 Back in my little town

In my little town

I never meant nothin'

 I was just my fathers son

Saving my money

Dreaming of glory

Twitching like a finger

 On the trigger of a gun

 Leaving nothing but the dead and dying

 Back in my little town

Repeat and fade:

Nothing but the dead and dying

 Back in my little town