THE TOWN
(Tyla)

C C/B Am F (through the entire song)

The line said "do not cross"
I saw his hand from under the cloth
I never really thought it would end this way
They tried to break him in two
Distort the truth
Avert whatever he said so it came out wrong
Many times he'd bathed in pain
To the words "you try that again
And you'll get what's coming, coming to you"
Well, everyone said
That he'd get his in the end
While they all stood around, life passin' by
He tried to show them that they were wrong
I guess they'd lived this way for far too long
They just turned and walzed away, what could he say

She was just a victim of her uncle's ways
That the town saw through a haze
A respected man with a crown of wealth and fame
An Petie was just a kid
Wrapped in black skin
So his blood didn't flow the same so some white folks claimed
He tried to tell them that the man was bad
That the big house on the edge of town
held a long dark secret that threatened to bring this town down
And if word got past the county line
The world outside might smell a lie
And their little world would get turned upside down

So on that dark and fateful night
Little Petie thought he was doin' right
Just trying to save his best friends life
But it did not appear that way
The sheriff would later say
We had reports of an intruder, lady, we're just doing our job
Well, the line said "do not cross"
I saw his hand from under the cloth
I never really thought it would end this way
They tried to break him in two
Distort the truth
Avert whatever he said so it came out wrong

The town that would never change
The town that would never change
The town that would never change
The town that would never change
The town that would never change