Come away with me my friend,
from the dark decaying steel and
men, just pack your bag we're
heading west, this town will take
you down with it. Into the scrap
yard, burial ground, cos the only
job left in this town, is to think
about what could have been; its's
the only road left leading.
I'm left with this long lasting ill
effect, from the eye to eye we
had, and as i made my way
through the decaying west i
thought: the next time i'm
around, will you be nowhere to be
found? Till then lets wake the
fallen, the fallen in the town.
I'm out on the floor in the
Jackson dawn, with the wayward
rowdy ones. Forgetting they're
forgotten, but i can't say for sure.
cos every time i meet them they
say "hey can i come along?" This
Town is taking me down and i
can't hang on for long.
Yea there ain't no room for them
no, they're all the son's of the old
model they go. "Am i just a sad
facade?" will i ammount to
nothing much?"
They extend a hand and a "later man"
"i'm afraid we'll never meet again"
Don't worry my friend i reckon you're
the only one that's keeping me here.
I'm out on the floor in the
Jackson dawn, with the wayward
rowdy ones. Forgetting they're
forgotten, but i can't say for sure.
cos every time i meet them they
say "hey can i come along?" This
Town is taking me down and i
can't hang on for long.
Look at all the kids, forgetting they're
forgotten, given up on living cos'
they're rotting in the steel and, did you
hear the stories, of the manifest disparity
and, "what do i got to do to be in a
rock and roll and reggae band?"
Stare down the double white lines
and leave this town behind. Cos the old
world order had its place in time don't
let if define your mind.
Just 86 the nine to five, those forty
hours ain't a life, don't commit to that
suicide. Just make a plan and take a
stand and travel all the across the land
10000 miles in a fithy van, to play the
basement with your friends.
Macked out on the kitchen floor, with
the ones i left at dawn, re-bottled their
ambitions looked away forever more in
every town --------- then they say "hey
can i come along?" This Town is taking
me down and i can't hang on for long.
Ah man, this town is taking me down
and i can't hang on for long
from the dark decaying steel and
men, just pack your bag we're
heading west, this town will take
you down with it. Into the scrap
yard, burial ground, cos the only
job left in this town, is to think
about what could have been; its's
the only road left leading.
I'm left with this long lasting ill
effect, from the eye to eye we
had, and as i made my way
through the decaying west i
thought: the next time i'm
around, will you be nowhere to be
found? Till then lets wake the
fallen, the fallen in the town.
I'm out on the floor in the
Jackson dawn, with the wayward
rowdy ones. Forgetting they're
forgotten, but i can't say for sure.
cos every time i meet them they
say "hey can i come along?" This
Town is taking me down and i
can't hang on for long.
Yea there ain't no room for them
no, they're all the son's of the old
model they go. "Am i just a sad
facade?" will i ammount to
nothing much?"
They extend a hand and a "later man"
"i'm afraid we'll never meet again"
Don't worry my friend i reckon you're
the only one that's keeping me here.
I'm out on the floor in the
Jackson dawn, with the wayward
rowdy ones. Forgetting they're
forgotten, but i can't say for sure.
cos every time i meet them they
say "hey can i come along?" This
Town is taking me down and i
can't hang on for long.
Look at all the kids, forgetting they're
forgotten, given up on living cos'
they're rotting in the steel and, did you
hear the stories, of the manifest disparity
and, "what do i got to do to be in a
rock and roll and reggae band?"
Stare down the double white lines
and leave this town behind. Cos the old
world order had its place in time don't
let if define your mind.
Just 86 the nine to five, those forty
hours ain't a life, don't commit to that
suicide. Just make a plan and take a
stand and travel all the across the land
10000 miles in a fithy van, to play the
basement with your friends.
Macked out on the kitchen floor, with
the ones i left at dawn, re-bottled their
ambitions looked away forever more in
every town --------- then they say "hey
can i come along?" This Town is taking
me down and i can't hang on for long.
Ah man, this town is taking me down
and i can't hang on for long