Other Side of Town

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Irwin Shur

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Johnny lives on the other side of town
Greasy windows greasy fingers sliding down
Factory city empty buildings in a row
Strong silent type with no place to go
Johnny hangs out in a pool hall on Main
Rack them balls up five dollars a game
Eyes glued to them pockets watch that cue ball fall
If you ain't here by midnight you ain't no place at all

And Mama said don't hang 'round there
Mama said don't hang 'round there
When you hear the voices call
Don't listen to the sound
And don't hang out on the other side of town

Johnny don't like football games
Don't sit still for people calling him names
He should still be in high school but he says he's twenty-one
Knows the hiss of the switchblade and the roar of a gun
All the girls love his pretty blue eyes
They don't care when he tells them lies
Can't hold a tune or play guitar or whisper soft and low
Got no redeeming qualities got nowhere to go

And Mama said don't hang 'round there
Mama said don't hang 'round there
When you hear the voices call
Don't listen to the sound
And don't hang out on the other side of town

Johnny likes them fancy cars
And Johnny likes playing pinball in bars
If you hang him on a ledge he'll pull himself up by the heels
He's a 454 in a car without wheels
Johnny don't know how to read or write
Johnny just want to stay out all night
He's an all-American specimen so listen when I say
Don't give him your prayers he don't want'em anyway

And Mama said don't hang 'round there
Mama said don't hang 'round there
When you hear the voices call
Don't listen to the sound
And don't hang out on the other side of town

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