[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]

This old town should've burned down in 1929
That's when we stood in line
Waiting for our soup
Swallowing our pride
And This old town should've burn down in 1931
When the rain refused to come
Air filled up our bellies, dust filled up our lungs
And we thought our time had come
And This old town was built by hand
In the dust bowl of the motherland
There must be rock beneath this sand
Oh I'll be damned, this town still stands
This old town should've burned down in 1944
When the last men went to war
They came back different
If they came back at all
This old town should've burned down in 1956
That's when the twister hit
And all our hopes were buried
Beneath the boards and bricks
And we almost called it quits
This old town was built by hand
In the dust bowl of the motherland
There must be rock beneath this sand
Oh I'll be damned, this town still stands
Somewhere in the distance
The city lights do shine
The sidewalks gleam with neon dreams
That call from time to time
When my children's children
Ask me why didn't I go
They say the heart of any town
Is the people that you've known
They'll always call you home
This old town was built by hand
In the dust bowl of the motherland
There must be rock beneath this sand
Oh I'll be damned, this town still stands