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[00:08.10]She was walking with lover at night,
[00:12.24]Momma didn't know where she was nearly started a riot,
[00:16.83]She called the police to check it out,
[00:18.68]Took her boyfriend downtown,
[00:21.81]They thought he was a criminal,
[00:23.23]Yeah, thought he was a real hard case,
[00:25.92]But she thought,
[00:27.73]Oh what do they know anyway,
[00:30.01]In this town.
[00:36.85]Was a Friday night football game,
[00:42.88]Down at the high school stadium,
[00:47.80]She was a cheerleader with her
[00:50.58]Quarterback sneaking out behind the bleachers to play,
[00:54.18]Cause they don't care what people say in this town,
[01:00.55]In this town,
[01:05.05]In this town.
[01:06.99]Nothing ever changes in this town,
[01:09.64]The story's always the same one in this town,
[01:13.71]And its thank you lord for keeping us safe,
[01:17.89]And its thank you mother for making us brave.
[01:31.05]She was a single mother working at a restaurant,
[01:35.52]Under protective custody,
[01:38.72]And everyday her boy reminds her of what they lost,
[01:44.24]By moving away from the city,
[01:48.38]And she says I know you miss your friends in LA,
[01:52.84]But at least your father is so far away,
[01:57.88]From this town,
[02:01.94]From this town.
[02:06.54]Nothing ever changes in this town,
[02:10.19]Oh the story's always the same one in this town,
[02:14.29]And its thank you lord for keeping us safe,
[02:18.85]And its thank you mother for making us brave,
[02:32.04]For making us brave.
[02:49.71]And there's an old man on the front porch swing,
[02:54.73]And he's always talking to nobody,
[02:58.86]But if you ever stop to listen,
[03:00.25]You might learn a thing or two,
[03:02.95]Yeah, I'm talking to you.
[03:07.00]See he once was a young man,
[03:09.36]And he was holding a young girl's hand,
[03:11.10]And they were walking down by the lake in about 1948,
[03:15.79]And they had a first kiss,
[03:17.96]Oh with the moon shining down,
[03:20.28]And they had true love,
[03:22.57]Oh it really could be found in this town,
[03:28.82]Oh in this town,
[03:33.42]Yeah in this town,
[03:37.57]Yeah in this town.
[03:42.56]Nothing ever changes in this town,
[03:46.14]Oh the story's always the same one in this town,
[03:50.76]And its thank you lord for keeping us safe,
[03:54.81]And its thank you mother for making us,
[04:00.26]Oh for making us brave,
[04:10.38]For making us brave.
[04:19.86]In this town,
[04:23.45]Oh in this town
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