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Downtown America
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By Dave Sharp
I'm starin' straight up from the sidewalk At the stars high above me tonight Those stars were made for you and for me But they're no longer shinin' so bright. At the crossroads down by the traffic light There's a man dressed in tatters and rags. Says ''God bless you'' and ''I'll work for food'' ''I've been to Viet Nam and back with the draft.''
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And they say that's life in Downtown America And you live as best as you can. It's time to believe in Downtown America Every woman, every child, every man.
At the mission shelter in midtown There's an old timer wastin' away Says ''I've been rolled 18 times in the past 6 weeks And they'll get to me one of these days.'' And Sister Suzanne works the night shift there And she's tryin' to figure out how All the applause, the electronic town halls Is gonna heave the industrial plow.
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I've listened to words spoke in high places They say the new world will come in good time. They speak of renewed hope and glory And I swallow it down like red wine. Don't it feel that the Union is driftin'? The excuses are all growin' old. I'll take any man here out to the parkin' lot now Tries tellin' me that isn't so.
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Featured on the following albums:
Downtown America
Downtown America (promo)
The Summer Of Love 2002 Part 1
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