Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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They say
this town will kill you
They say this town ain't
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got no soul
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This town could take a child's smile
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And turn it into stone
Verse 2
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But don't you think I know that?
This place has cut me to the
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bone
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Trouble crawling up your back
Fear just eats your soul
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Verse 3
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You say this town will eat you up
You say this town don't
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have a heart
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You try to learn all your lines
And you try to play the part
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Verse 4
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With all this double dealing
I tell you brother,
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you'll get smart
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Here in Kickback City
You're lost before you start
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Verse 5
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The people in subways
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Look nearly half dazed to me
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Renting tomorrow, investing in sorrow
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No belief, yeah
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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Faces in side streets
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Hiding like angels from grace
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Selling you sorrow,
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renting tomorrow
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You're out of place, yeah
Verse 7
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They say this town will kill you
They say this town ain't
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got no soul
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They'll set you up and pull the stitch
'Til you're unraveled on the floor
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Verse 8
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But I won't let it beat me
Though trouble's knocking
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at my door
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Somehow it's just your smile
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That keeps me coming back for more
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Verse 9
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Yeah, here in Kickback City
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Feel I'm goin' down slow
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Here in Kickback City
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Feel I'm goin' down slow, yeah,
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yeah
Outro 1
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