Shadow Town

Fortunes are won

But some have to work till they drop

Oh, and the faster they run

They don’t know till they have to stop

And it’s nothing at all

For a rich man to be

Completely blind to the call

Of the whole misery

The mask that they wear

Is broken in two

The wind cries in fright

A message to you

The grey stone crumbles

As years are passing

Caught up in this shadow town

And life’s much harder

To keep on living

Everywhere’s just closing down

The streets are angry

And shouts from children

Nowhere in this shadow town

There’s no one winning

But they’re all standing

Waiting for it to come round

Nothing’s for life

Except the cold and the poor

Oh, and it’s sharp as a knife

That’s one thing they know for sure

Well, they knew better times

Then their dreams were all sold

And didn’t read all the signs

For a handful of gold

The mask that they wear

Is broken in two

The wind cries in fright

A message to you

The grey stone crumbles

As years are passing

Caught up in this shadow town

And life’s much harder

To keep on living

Everywhere’s just closing down

The streets are angry

And shouts from children

Nowhere in this shadow town

There’s no one winning

But they’re all standing

Waiting for it to come round

You’re pocket’s empty but then

You never had much to start

It’s got you thinking again

It’s almost breaking your heart

The grey stone crumbles

As years are passing

Caught up in this shadow town

And life’s much harder

To keep on living

Everywhere’s just closing down

The streets are angry

And shouts from children

Nowhere in this shadow town

There’s no one winning

But they’re all standing

Waiting for it to come round

Caught up in this shadow town

Caught up in this shadow town

Caught up in this shadow town

Everywhere’s just closing down