This Used to Be My Town

The altarboys are sneaking cigarettes

The friends and neighbors offering their regrets

The station wagons in the pouring rain

And all that water goin down the drain

A white lace dress for when I turn thirteen

And a bright red stain that wouldn't quite come clean

Walking by the football field

Trying out my sex appeal

While all around the leaves are turning brown

This used to be my town

He waited by the swingset in the park

He tore at my new raincoat in the dark

And all that I could think about

Was getting through and getting out

And how the night could fall without a sound

This used to be my town

I'm flying through the clouds as white as snow

I'm looking at the people down below

The whole world holds its breath for me

The priest evokes eternity

And everywhere the rain is pourin down

This used to be my town