Small Town Just Like This Lyrics

I saw a bus stop queue

Filled with ordinary heads

I saw a line of cars

Stationary, lights glowing red

Fifteen years in a school classroom

Only filled my head with dread

I saw the way of life

And to me it was already dead

But it's ok

If you don't stay

There's a world outside

If you stop and take a look

Understood

You don't stand your ground

If the ground ain't good

Or you'll live and die

In a small town just like this

In a small town

They heard the shouting

From fifteen houses down

They heard the gunshots crack

On the track on the way out of town

They heard the gravy trains

Shunting everybody around

The relentless sound

Of the wheels going 'round

And around and around and around

But it's ok

If you don't stay

There's a world outside

Maybe stop and take a look

Understood?

If you stand your ground

And the ground ain't good

Then you'll live and die

In a small town just like this

In a small town

In a small town

I tasted success but it seemed bittersweet

I climbed to the top and it felt like defeat

So I lowered my guard and I raised up my ceiling

Settled my mind and I cared for my feelings

I smelt the chocolate factory

Drifting on the northerly breeze

I felt the weight of the need to succeed

And it wasn't for me

I held the padlock

I found the keys

I helped myself to believe

I was born to be free

And my feelings agreed

That it's ok

If I don't stay

There's a world that's mine

Where I stop to take a look

Understood

That I'll stand my ground

If this ground feels good

I won't live and die

In a small town just like you

In a small town

In a small town