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Artist: Vic Chesnutt
Canonical path: /vic-chesnutt/new-town
Related lyric paths: 6
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New Town
Read New Town lyrics by Vic Chesnutt on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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New Town
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New town reeks of lumber
New town beat the crowds
New town kittens discover that the birds
Scrape the ground
And even the loneliest old ladies get social calls
Where they dine and talk about their saviour
And the grassroots effort to incorporate
Elects a smiling mayor
New town americana
New town rookie police
New town industries are wanted for the local employees
And a little bitty baby draws a nice clean breath
From over his beaming momma's shoulder
He's staring at the worldly wonders
That stretch just as far as he can see
But he'll stop staring when he's older
Oh new town
New town
New town
And even the loneliest old ladies get social calls
Where they dine and talk about their saviour
And the grassroots effort to incorporate
Elects a smiling mayor
New town
New town
New town...
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Vic Chesnutt performs "New Town", and this lyric page sits inside the Vic Chesnutt catalog on LyroVerse.
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