[00:05.90]This old town should've burned down in 1929
[00:09.24]
[00:10.80]That's when we stood in line
[00:12.46]
[00:13.48]Waiting for our soup
[00:15.00]
[00:15.92]Swallowing our pride
[00:18.43]And This old town should've burn down in 1931
[00:22.37]
[00:23.32]When the rain refused to come
[00:25.18]
[00:26.19]Air filled up our bellies, dust filled up our lungs
[00:30.76]And we thought our time had come
[00:34.17]
[00:35.68]And This old town was built by hand
[00:39.63]
[00:40.95]In the dust bowl of the motherland
[00:45.63]
[00:48.56]There must be rock beneath this sand
[00:52.11]
[00:53.24]Oh I'll be damned, this town still stands
[00:59.31]
[01:03.59]This old town should've burned down in 1944
[01:07.31]
[01:08.37]When the last men went to war
[01:10.31]
[01:11.58]They came back different
[01:13.79]If they came back at all
[01:15.84]
[01:16.38]This old town should've burned down in 1956
[01:20.26]
[01:21.51]That's when the twister hit
[01:22.95]
[01:23.91]And all our hopes were buried
[01:26.62]Beneath the boards and bricks
[01:28.69]And we almost called it quits
[01:32.18]
[01:33.66]This old town was built by hand
[01:37.97]
[01:38.94]In the dust bowl of the motherland
[01:43.97]
[01:46.55]There must be rock beneath this sand
[01:50.13]
[01:51.15]Oh I'll be damned, this town still stands
[01:57.16]
[02:01.45]Somewhere in the distance
[02:04.01]The city lights do shine
[02:05.67]
[02:06.25]The sidewalks gleam with neon dreams
[02:09.18]That call from time to time
[02:10.87]
[02:11.69]When my children's children
[02:13.68]Ask me why didn't I go
[02:15.72]
[02:16.49]They say the heart of any town
[02:18.26]
[02:19.13]Is the people that you've known
[02:21.54]They'll always call you home
[02:25.03]
[02:26.53]This old town was built by hand
[02:30.26]
[02:31.65]In the dust bowl of the motherland
[02:37.19]
[02:39.41]There must be rock beneath this sand
[02:42.87]
[02:43.94]Oh I'll be damned, this town still stands
[02:50.30]