In a place that never changes
And everybody knows your name
You can walk the streets with strangers
But it always stays the same
It's the place where I was born - Feeling lonely, lost and torn
It's like the only choice you're given is to work or die or sin
In a Smalltown... In a Smalltown... In a Smalltown
Going down, down, down
As I watch the neon signs when I visit city streets
It's the place that I can come to
Where I can live out all my dreams
Riding down the desert road - back home again I go
But the future's hard to find - I guess some of us have to try
I hear a child he cries with deception in his eyes
He's fighting for his rights to be heard with all his might
We're born free temporarily and pay to die for eternity
But we make our bed and lie in it
And I'll be staying without a tear