
…was walking down Canal Street minding my own
When a derelict kid walked by me and said, "You should try smiling more"
The town…
…was so ghost town-y and hardly anybody was out
I went to Mother's, there was no line
Because New Year's was over and the tourists had…
…left town
And I stopped by Starbucks and asked a girl in front of me ordering a latte
"Why do you think it's so quiet out?"
She…

…be the greatest love story this town had ever seen
So you went off to college and I got a job I was working that 9 to 5
Dreaming of…
…the days when you were in my arms I've never felt so alive
I spent my days working, spent my nights drinking, howling…
…were what I needed
And we could meet in between
We were gonna be the greatest love story this town had ever seen
So you came back…

…and this about a hero who works in one of them.
Little gay waiter
Working in a restaurant
You want to help me
But what is it you want?
You…
…out at the dance when you danced alone
You didn't care, you were out of this one-high-school town
Toronto bus and you were bound…
…Working in a restaurant
You want to help me
But what is it you want?
You came out of the closet
But no one was there for you
No one was there for you…

…this woman to say sure 'I've only got thirty seconds which is longer than its gonna take to do both of you'. I hate the police in this town. Spare…
…and went and got a free personality from the church of scientology, get what you pay for obviously.'
'There's Joseph right working away…
…with the fucking plane, just working away, suddenly one day out of the blue there's this knock on the door, knock knock…

Always the black sheep
Never the favorite
I bet you know what I mean
Grew up in a small town
You were always…
…'Cause I know you well enough to know that you deserve the best
I hope you make it out of this town and back to Texas
Breathe…
…look up to me
Even when I'm up so high on that stage
'Cause I know well enough to know that you deserve the best
I hope you make it out of this town…

That's what you fail to realize
That's what you fail to realize
Yeah
I knew I was lit
Back when me and X
Were still working…
Coming with bullshit to say to me now
I see the game it got vacancy now
Word around town, I'm the talk of the town
Starting…
…to run my town, hey
Yeah
Reps up 516 nigga what's good
Yeah
[Verse 2]
We the ones
You little nigga you can keep the crumbs
I hold…

…out my way
Go out of state
Why are following me
You ain't gonna get like me little girl
Maybe you in a lala world…
Robitussin
Or were you on Hennessy, as a kid, dont be bad to your peers
I not care less knock em out with a pear
They call me X
I…
…should be in the album got enough songs (coming out in 2018)
It dont matter the cover
Cause some girls were made of…

…! ARGH
Oh jeez, you scared the bejesus out of me. Don't do that.
So, where you going ha 'Tronic?
Nowhere.
[gasp] Yes you…
…in the woods again, yeah, I'm warning you
The people of Long Street lived very simple lives
They had Wonderful natures, they were never…
…is going to happen at the Long Street carnival
Wh-what you talkin' about?
The next day the Ju-ju man went walking through town
unaware of…

…on their way to a friend's wedding
They had no idea what they were getting into
When through town…
…the night
Well, I sent 'em up the road to the B&B
It's the only place in town, you see
But they were greeted warmly by death, horror…
…were checkin' out my sound
Well this one guy by the name of Johnny
Sort of a leader for us zombies
Said that we should go hunt the rest of…

…to hit the blunt at Dustin's house man we were close
High school passed and I was ghost, you died of an overdose
Remember me being in China you messaged…
…me to say hi
Instagramed pics in Dubai and you said that shit was too fly
We spoke of linking up the next time that I'd be in town…
Next time I'd be in town, it turns out you'd be in ground
And I swear it hurt my soul, when I found out you were gone
I know how…

…the carrot, promising us the gold, but in a trickle down economy all we get is a lump of coal.
And you know the cost of…
…living will keep rising while the chance of finding work is going down. Dark clouds now block what once were clear horizons and it's my broken hands…
…that built this filthy town.
I saw the sign of the times on a freight elevator door. Contractors…
By ZZ Top (1994)
On album Antenna (1994)

…remember
She won't let me breakaway
She won't let me breakaway
I said break away, yeah, ah yeah
We were working it though, baby we…
…it amazing? checking outta where we were
It's so unpredictable, at the end of my rope
Gotta skate the ledge outta…
…feel cherry red
Whip out a bottle of your favorite rave
I think you better tend to your cherry grave
Ain't nothing stupid what…

…the way to being brutal
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
On the first bus out of town
On the first bus out of town…
…giving
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
On the first bus out of town
On the first bus out of town…
And what you're going to do about it
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
On the last bus out of town
On the last bus…

…the way to being brutal
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
On the first bus out of town
On the first bus out of town…
…giving
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
On the last bus out of town
On the last bus out of town…
And what you're going to do about it
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
On the last bus out of town
On the last bus…

…for there is no community left in this town,
There's no-one around to fight Margaret Thatcher,
The power of the flower just couldn't match her…
…to build more land,
That got knocked down again for a couple more grand,
With no punk the protests were full of throwbacks calling…
…looking for,
Lies right here in front of us, just outside this door,
And it's up to you to go out…