Some Other Town

Some other town, some other place

Some other eyes, some other face

Some other tribe, some other race

Lives in some other town



They shoot their drugs, they shoot their friends

And who's to blame? It all depends

There is a tear nobody mends

Down in some other town



In some other town, somebody's boy

Is learning a dangerous trade

In some other town, somebody's girl

Is joining the red-light parade



We contemplate the business day

We throw the Sunday Times away

The cleaning ladies take their pay

Back to some other town



They take their check, they stand in line

Play every week, lose every time

We call it fair, it could be crime

But that's some other town



In some other town, somebody's boy

Has mastered his dangerous trade

In some other town, somebody's girl

Is leading the red-light parade



My heart is left, my head is right

My uniform suburban white

And I'll be driving home tonight



Over some other town

Around some other town

Right by some other town