Seals & Crofts - Tin Town lyrics

Song information

Artist: Seals & Crofts
Album: Down Home

Lyrics

Have you been down to tin town, where dreams in cans once were drowned
A snag somewhere in someone's life caught him there, pulled him to strife
A bottle here, and there are left. many broken, the air is deaf
With non-understanding vows, remember tears upon their brows
In tin town, has-been town. tin town, has-been town

A tiny flag upon a mast, where camptown children played in past
A river winding through the trees. banks eroded, extreme degrees
Once a place to be baptized, when pentecostal need arise
A shank or two with rotted plank. a fish or two, their eyes are blank
In tin town, has-been town. tin town, has-been town

Well I been down to tin town, where once a boy I did fall down
And cut my arm on piled up junk. I wrapped it up and I hailed a drunk
He carried me three miles to home, where daddy said I was cut to the bone
The doctor washed his hands and said, "five more minutes, the boy'd been dead."
Down where people lose their heads
In tin town, has-been town. tin town, has-been town. I know you well

Well I live here in tin town. not many people come around
When when they do I smile at them. and say, "hello, it's a mighty hot day
Can you spare a man a dime? I got thirty cents and I can buy some wine
I'm livin' in my childhood schemes. please, mister, you can make my dreams (you can make my dreams!)."
In tin town, has-been town. tin town, has-been town
It's my home. it's my home. it's my home. it's my home

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