my little town

　　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

　　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

　　Nothing but the dead and dying

　　Back in my little town