Midtown

I live my life in Midtown It's halfway 'tween here and there, oh, yeah I spend my time in Midtown Tryin' hard to really care Cheap intoxicated showdown Cardboard corrugated dreams, oh, yeah Brother's givin' you the lowdown He says, he don't fit into their schemes So what's the use of keeping clean In Midtown, I like to call it home It's my own asphalt Midtown, where there ain't no black Where there ain't no white Midtown, from the curb It's a long, long way to fall You see 'em hangin' in the doorways They're peerin' out with neon eyes They're lookin' at ya Someone's hangin' in the hallway Habit's hard to subsidize Well, it comes as no surprise In Midtown, I like to call it home It's my own asphalt Midtown, where there ain't no black Where there ain't no white Midtown, from the curb It's a long, long way to fall In Midtown I pray to God in Midtown Semi-automatic faith, oh, Lord, yeah He'll be hangin' out in Midtown He'll be tryin' to find a trace Pickin' thru the human waste Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah In Midtown, I like to call it home It's my own asphalt Midtown, where there ain't no black Where there ain't no white Midtown, from the curb It's a long, long way to fall In Midtown, I like to call it home It's my own asphalt Midtown, where there ain't no black Where there ain't no white Midtown, from the curb It's a long, long way to fall In Midtown In Midtown, whoa, yeah In Midtown, oh, yeah Where there ain't no black Where there ain't no white Whoa, whoa, whoa, yeah In Midtown Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, in Midtown Where there ain't no black Where there ain't no white My Lord, down in Midtown Oh, yeah