One Big Town

Greg Brown

Outside money burnt my hometown
Like a moth in a flame
All you got to do is travel around
And you'll see that everywhere it's the same

   One big town
   We're living in one big town
   One big town
   Dying in one big town
   World around
   The whole world around

We hear the same song, see the same show
Under the shadow of the end--
Fear for our children wherever they may go
As we watch the red, red blood flow again

   In one big town
   We're living in one big town
   One big town
   Dying in one big town
   World around
  The whole world around

  Just one big town
  The whole world around

And it growns unknown like a cancer
All across the fruited plain
Spin the wheel for an answer
But you never know what's in the wind and rain

   In one big town
   We're living in one big town
   One big town
   Dying in one big town
   World around
  Just one big town
  The whole world around

  Just one big town
  We're living in 
  Living in one big town

  We're dying in one big town
  The whole world around
  Whole world around

  Just one big town