Rough Town

"Where you from?" he asks* "Oh no, that city I always pass" He told me he heard it's so hard to last On a rising star, that seems to be sinking fast. The bad news travels here so fast While the tales of the good never will reach the mass But I live here among the broken glass It's not what you see, it's how you will make it last [Chorus:] From the late light after all the day is gone When everybody leaves and the trouble comes along There's not quite a welcome sign aglow It's a rough town man, a rough town I know The sound bites of dying city noise Are a fraction of the action that no one here enjoys If you hold tight and you listen past the lows It's a rough town now, it's my rough town I know "Hold your tongue, man" I say 'Cause it's easy to scoff and underestimate All the things you can't relate to Is the fabric I keep my memories sewn to [Repeat Chorus:]