Dirty Old Towne

by Rick Real & The Warmth

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Dirty Old Towne

Walk with me, and I will walk with you
it's the least that I could do.
Let me spell it out for you:

It's a dirty old town
and the bones in the ground
are laughing at me.
They're laughing at you too.

Stay with me and I will stay with you.
There's a shadow on the moon.
Did I mention this too soon?

It's a dirty old town
and the bones in the ground
well they're laughing at me.
and they're laughing at you too.

So what do you do in a spot such as this?
With your days half asleep and your nights are restless
When the habit of nuns gets betrayed with a kiss.
Why do you pray to the stars when they don't even know who you are?
Still you show 'em all your little spins, and the witnesses are drug in...
and I let myself be fooled again

Summer's gone, but it's one hundred degrees
and the Nation's on its knees
and the last words he said was "Mama please!"

It's a dirty old town
and the bones in the ground
well they're laughing at me.
and they're laughing at you too.

So I'll take the stand with my heart in my hand
and I'll plead my case for some vast masterplan.
As I point to my charts I get kicked in the can.
Why do you waste so much time trying to balance the reason with rhyme?
And your chessboard's the colour of gold and your people there are so old
but you know that there's some more people 'round the way.

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released January 3, 2021

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Rick Real & The Warmth Portland, Oregon

Rick Real and The Warmth specialize in well-crafted songs with generous pop hooks without straying too far from their Rock and Country roots. Rick Real and The Warmth take on death, disease, and dissent with poignancy and humor.

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