In my little town, I grew up believing

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 imagination 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 father's 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




Nothing but the dead and dying


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