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Album: It All Comes Out
Track: #12
This song always touches crowds, no matter where I play, and many say it is what will make me rich. Unfortunately, it's approaching a decade old (at the time of this writing), and it's brought me no riches yet, but I always enjoy the praise. :)
I had the riff for this for over a year and couldn't come up with a song, then someone challenged me to write a ballad, and out came this. It never struck me personally as a great song, but when I play it live, it just seems to connect with people. What do you think?
This town has a way of telling me what's wrong By showing me all the things that I mucked up all along Woke up late last night from a fifteen hour thought And wound up realizing I've lost this fight I've fought So I set myself down and I thought about me Took my eyes off the ground so the world I could see Gave a quick deep exhale as the cold air struck it down That's when I wrote this tale of how I'm gonna leave this lucky town Oh lucky town ain't always lucky you see This pain and frustration won't let me be Oh lucky town better say goodbye Cause it'll be a while until I die for you Lucky town I guess it's safe to say I raised some hell in my time And they say you gotta pay your dues and I've paid mine Even if I called it draw I'd still be at a loss Cause even just a little fun's got a little bigger cost Took another deep breath put my hands upon my face Took one last look around said goodbye to this place I packed up my guitar and I loaded up my pack I'm leaving this lucky town and never, no never coming back Oh lucky town ain't always lucky you see This pain and frustration won't let me be Oh lucky town better say goodbye Cause it'll be a while until I die for you Lucky town By the time the sky lit up I was out the door Heading south no idea what I was looking for Cool sunrise on my left and starlight on my right Didn't see the city lights til nine o'clock at night Now I realize there's still lessons to be learned Life's like a fire, and you're gonna get burned Nashville, San Francisco, London, Paris, Rome I found out on my own that everywhere's like home Oh lucky town ain't always lucky you see This pain and frustration won't let me be Oh lucky town better say goodbye Cause it'll be a while until I die for you Oh lucky town ain't always lucky you see The pain and frustration got the best of me Oh lucky town never say goodbye Cause this'll be the place that I die Lucky town Lucky town