Dirty Streets & Songs to Sing
Sidewalks crowd for bargaining these city streets Oh, where'd you get those pretty things Donald graduated from the seventh grade Where'd you get those pretty things The rain returns with tears from sadder skies Where'd you get those pretty things So Sunday mornin' say a prayer for me So, where'd you get those pretty things
Written & Performed by Duncan Wells
gum wrappers fly and coppers keep the beat
this ugly joke that Jesus played on thee
upon a crucifix
a rolex on his wrist.
that laquered shine
those colored strings
tell me what tomorrow brings
dirty streets and songs to sing.
all summer long he worked until he saved
enough to buy himself a hand grenade
down in the toy department
they got a great assortment.
that laquered shine
those colored strings
tell me what tomorrow brings
toys of war and songs to sing.
of bitter acid while the hatchet flies
and here we are just passers passing by
while all the things we love
topple to a chain saw buzz.
that laquered shine
those colored strings
tell me what tomorrow brings
fallen trees and songs to sing.
one for yourself and then we'll both be clean
then we can raise a glass and drink to anything
all the trinkets that we own
these battered hearts
and broken homes
that laquered shine
those colored strings
tell me what tomorrow brings
unanswered prayers and songs to sing.