I live my life in Midtown
It's halfway 'tween here and there
I spend my time in Midtown tryin' hard to really care

Cheap intoxicated showdown
Cardboard corrugated dreams
Brothers givin' you the lowdown

He says, he don't fit into their schemes
So what's the use of keeping clean


In Midtown, like to call it home, it's my own asphalt
Midtown, where there ain't no black, where there ain't no white
Midtown, from the curb, it's a long, long way to fall


You see 'em hangin' in the doorways
Peerin' out with neon eyes, they're lookin' at ya

Someone's hangin' in the hallways
Habits hard to subsidize
Well it comes as no surprise


In Midtown, like to call it home, it's my own asphalt


Midtown, where there ain't no black, where there ain't no white
Midtown, from the curb, it's a long, long way to fall


I pray to God in Midtown, semi-automatic faith
He'll be hangin' out in Midtown
He'll be tryin' to find a trace

Pickin' thru the human waste

In Midtown, like to call it home, it's my own asphalt

Midtown, where there ain't no black, where there ain't no white
Midtown, from the curb, it's a long, long way to fall


In Midtown, like to call it home, it's my own asphalt
Midtown, where there ain't no black, where there ain't no white
Midtown, from the curb, it's a long, long way to fall