The Tower & The Trains-The Elms

[ti:The Tower & The Trains] [ar:The Elms] [al:The Chess Hotel] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.61]In this town when it rains [00:07.98]There are years that wash off towers and the trains [00:15.49]And the splashing sounds like laughing [00:22.55]As it rolls and it slides off the ceilings and the [00:28.80]Sides [00:30.17]Of the towers and the trains [00:33.68] [00:37.69]There's a blacklist A deep black malice [00:44.90]Scars so deep they're taught to children [00:49.41]That live with people 'till the grave [00:52.59]Folks can't shake 'em twist or break 'em [00:59.53]They find themselves condemned to burnout [01:03.22]They rust and crack and then they turn out like [01:07.09]The towers and the trains [01:12.10]Nothing beats them downtown streets [01:15.22]They can't keep a dream alive [01:19.28]The women talking men hard-rocking [01:22.97]How will I survive [01:29.53] [01:35.47]We got issues from all the misuse [01:42.28]We got wasted youth and missing persons who've got [01:47.10]Nothing left to do but age [01:49.84]They sit on their porches lit by torches [01:57.09]And if you listen in the stillness you ll hear them [02:03.89]Singing about their illness: [02:05.20]The towers and the trains [02:09.82]Nothing beats them downtown streets [02:13.07]They can't keep a dream alive [02:16.76]The women talking men hard-rocking [02:20.51]How will I survive [02:27.95] [03:17.98]In my town when it rains There are years that wash [03:30.79]Off towers and the trains [03:32.48]And the splashing sounds like laughing [03:39.68]As it rolls and it slides off the ceilings and the [03:45.74]Sides [03:47.04]Of the towers and the trains [03:54.67]Off the towers and the trains