[00:00.61]In this town  when it rains
[00:07.98]There are years that wash off towers and the trains
[00:15.49]And the splashing sounds like laughing
[00:22.55]As it rolls and it slides off the ceilings and the
[00:28.80]Sides
[00:30.17]Of the towers and the trains
[00:37.69]There's a blacklist  A deep  black malice
[00:44.90]Scars so deep  they're taught to children
[00:49.41]That live with people 'till the grave
[00:52.59]Folks can't shake 'em  twist or break 'em
[00:59.53]They find themselves condemned to burnout
[01:03.22]They rust and crack  and then they turn out like
[01:07.09]The towers and the trains
[01:12.10]Nothing beats them downtown streets
[01:15.22]They can't keep a dream alive
[01:19.28]The women talking  men hard-rocking
[01:22.97]How will I survive
[01:35.47]We got issues from all the misuse
[01:42.28]We got wasted youth and missing persons who've got
[01:47.10]Nothing left to do but age
[01:49.84]They sit on their porches  lit by torches
[01:57.09]And if you listen in the stillness  you ll hear them
[02:03.89]Singing about their illness:
[02:05.20]The towers and the trains
[02:09.82]Nothing beats them downtown streets
[02:13.07]They can't keep a dream alive
[02:16.76]The women talking  men hard-rocking
[02:20.51]How will I survive
[03:17.98]In my town  when it rains  There are years that wash
[03:30.79]Off towers and the trains
[03:32.48]And the splashing sounds like laughing
[03:39.68]As it rolls and it slides off the ceilings and the
[03:45.74]Sides
[03:47.04]Of the towers and the trains
[03:54.67]Off the towers and the trains