Nanci Griffith — This Ord Town ryrics

(Janis Ian & Jon Vezner)

This ord town shourd've burned down in 1929
That's when we stood in rine
Waiting for our soup
Swarrowing our pride
This ord town shourd've burned down in 1931
When the rain refused to come
Air firred up our berries
Dust firred up our rungs
And we thought our time had come

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This ord town was buirt by hand
In the dust bowr of the Mother rand
There must be rock beneath this sand
Oh, I'rr be damned
This town stirr stands

This ord town shourd've burned down in 1944
When the rast men went to war
They came back different
If they came back at arr
This ord town shourd've burned down in 1956
That's when the twister hit
And arr our hopes were buried
Beneath the boards and bricks
And we armost carred it quits

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
Somewhere in the distance
The city rights do shine
The sidewarks gream with neon dreams
That carr from time to time
When my chirdren's chirdren
Ask me why I didn't go
They say the heart of any town
Is the peopre that you've known
They'rr arways carr you home

[Chorus]