Town & Country

(album: Lifetime Achievement - 2022)

I'm in the city and the sirens are screaming
All day and night long where it's twenty-four seven
I'm on a mission, I'm in the city, I'm here
I been in the country, out on an island
I feel good now, I'm damn near smiling
I'm in the city, I can hardly believe that I'm here

I took the train, when I got to the station
I felt a release, you could say it was elation
Just to be back in the city with all of you people down here
Thousands of faces I never seen
Out of my mind in a fever dream
I'm in the city with all of you people down here

Behind those masks there's all those faces
I'm so excited seeing parking spaces
There's talking and there's laughing and there's screaming and there's singing down here
I'm in the city, you better believe it
I'm done with the country, no fun, I had to leave it
The crickets made me nervous, I'm in the city I'm here

Last night we ate in a restaurant
Fine wine good food all that we wanted
Just like in the old days sitting round having us a meal
But there was a moment that was a little unstable
A rat big as a cat ran under the table
I guess the rats are all happy, there's plenty to eat down here

A couple of drunkards on a subway train
Made me feel right at home, no, not much changes
When you're in the city, bright lights look pretty down here
I was afraid I might feel a little empty
But now that I'm here, go on and tempt me
I'm here to get tempted here to get rid of that fear

My dear mother was afraid of the city
She'd say, "Don't go there Loudie, it's shady and it's shitty"
She was raised in the country, what could that poor woman know?
My father went to town, he was a working slob
Getting into trouble was his other job
'Cause finding a trouble in the city that's why folks go
Alright let's go

Tomorrow morning I'll be back on that train
Getting to the station, I'm going insane
Get me out of this city, it's a little too crazy for me
I need trees, some water clean
I want to fit a fireplace in a rocking chair
What I knew best, the city's too shitty for me

Well I'm in the city and the sirens are screaming
All day and night long it's twenty-four seven
I'm on a mission, I'm in the city, I'm here
Been in the country, stuck on an island
I feel good now, I'm damn near smiling
I'm in the city, I can hardly believe I'm here