Mid Town Blues

Mid Town's streets were cold as stone The kind of place where dreams don't grow You hear the whispers late at night Shadows move beneath the streetlight The old church bells ring out of tune A boy gets lost beneath the moon And the air is thick with fear and lies In Mid Town, hope just barely survives In Mid Town, the nights are long You pray to survive but you live all wrong Where the dark runs deep, and the silence stings Mid Town's got chains no one can unstring Yeah, growing up in Mid Town wasn't a game You knew the players but never their names The Mafia ran the show, pulled all the strings Money talks, blood sings, and silence brings Deals in the alley, fists in the fight Guns in the shadows, no heroes in sight We learned to run before we could crawl 'Cause in Mid Town, the weak ones fall They'd sell you a dream, then take it away Smoke-filled bars where the devils play We'd see our fathers lose every bet And pray to a God who hadn't helped yet In Mid Town, the nights are long You pray to survive but you live all wrong Where the dark runs deep, and the silence stings Mid Town's got chains no one can unstring I used to stare at the skyline's edge Wondering if I'd ever leave this mess But every time I'd take one step Mid Town would pull me back in its depths A life of crime, a life of fear Lost friends I'll never see again here Johnny tried to leave, but the price was steep They found his car in the river deep Mama told me keep my head down low But the scars in her eyes, they already showed She worked three jobs just to keep the lights While the Mafia thrived in the dead of night We had no heroes, no saving grace Just the cold steel bars of this dark place But still, I dreamt of a day I'd fly Far from the town where the angels die In Mid Town, the nights are long You pray to survive but you live all wrong Where the dark runs deep, and the silence stings Mid Town's got chains no one can unstring But I won't let it define my name Won't let Mid Town's fire fuel my shame I'll rise from the ashes, break this curse Mid Town's story won't end in a hearse In Mid Town, where dreams don't grow I'll find my way, I'll make it so A life worth living beyond the pain Mid Town, you won't hold me again