Rough Town

"Where you from?" he asks*
 "Oh no, that city I always pass"
 He told me he heard it's so hard to last
 On a rising star, that seems to be sinking fast.
 The bad news travels here so fast
 While the tales of the good never will reach the mass
 But I live here among the broken glass
 It's not what you see, it's how you will make it last
 [Chorus:]
 From the late light after all the day is gone
 When everybody leaves and the trouble comes along
 There's not quite a welcome sign aglow
 It's a rough town man, a rough town I know
 The sound bites of dying city noise
 Are a fraction of the action that no one here enjoys
 If you hold tight and you listen past the lows
 It's a rough town now, it's my rough town I know
 "Hold your tongue, man" I say
 'Cause it's easy to scoff and underestimate
 All the things you can't relate to
 Is the fabric I keep my memories sewn to
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