My Town - Patty Smyth

I took a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge

The new graffiti says that lifeў‚¬"ўs a bitch

And now I hear this bridge is falling down

Someone will steal it before it hits the ground

Now I wanna go out walking in my old neighborhood

Where I was just a little girl and life was good

But the boys are on the corner, gonna fuck with me

Iў‚¬"ўm gonna keep on walking, they donў‚¬"ўt see

This is my town

I was born and raised on these streets

This is my town

Oh yeah, my town

Too many people are on the street tonight

Itў‚¬"ўs way too hot someoneў‚¬"ўs looking for a fight

What a mess of faces in an endless sea

Iў‚¬"ўm getting tired of all this energy

I guess I could just pick it up and move outside of town

And listen to the crickets when the sun goes down

But then we couldnў‚¬"ўt hear them playing down at S.O.B.ў‚¬"ўs

Where my friend Lincoln can get us in for free

This is my town

I grew up too fast on these streets

Hey this is my town

Oh yeah, my town

Tonight the rain is falling, falling down

The lights outside keep changing, without a sound

Now lets just take a train down into Chinatown

Past the house of candles, you know they burned it down

Tomorrow is the Puerto Rican Day Parade

Theyў‚¬"ўll be dancing in the streets

Come to carry me away

Cause this is my town

I was born and raised on these streets

This is my town

Iў‚¬"ўm walking down these mean streets

Itў‚¬"ўs a big bad town

Hey yeah, this is my town