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nicholas payne - morristown lyrics

[verse 1]
there’s a town i know in the old oilfields
where now there ain’t nothing but tons of rusting steel
it shoulda been abandoned for about a decade now
but a handful still live there
god alone knows how

[verse 2]
ever since the recession there ain’t no jobs here
‘cept a night shift in the quick shop selling folks beer
and those that have jobs they work 30 miles away
probably spend more on gas
than they could ever earn in a day

[verse 3]
“there’s nothing to fear except fеar itself”
well that’s easily said whеn there’s food on your shelf
in morristown no one’s got any money to spend
oh and likewise no one’s
got a helping hand to lend

[verse 4]
the paper’s shut down, facebook’s the only source of news
and so everyone shares the same political views
politicians manipulate them just to win the race
but outside the campaign
they openly despise their own base
[verse 5]
the school’s underfunded the textbooks worn out
the teachers do their best but ahh but there’s a lot of drop+outs
and those that do manage to make it all the way through
they’ve got no earthly clue
where to go or what to do

[verse 6]
sharon worked hard in school, yeah she always did her best
but a couple months into college she couldn’t compete with the rest
she had to drop out when the money ran thin
when you’re from morristown
oh life can be a hard game to win

[verse 7]
johnny played ball, thought it’d be his ticket out
get a scholarship or two and take the college route
but then he blew out his knee; he tore his acl
and now he’s stuck in morristown
his own personal h+ll

[verse 8]
there’s people in the cities, people on the coast
think they’re all a bunch of rednecks folks they look down on the most
handful of yokels well that may be true
but you wouldn’t insult them
if you knew what they’s going through
[verse 9]
there’s a half dozen churches there to spread the good news
each sunday they’re filled but they’re filled with empty pews
a century ago this was the promised land
but now it seems morristown’s
been taken out of god’s hands

[verse 10]
well the graveyards keep filling up, houses slowly grow bear
everyone wants to leave, but no+one knows where
the dead and the dying, oh they exist side by side
when you’re from morristown
oh sometimes it’s hard to abide

- nicholas payne lyrics

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