In this town   When it rains   There are years   That wash off towers and the trains      And the splashin'   Sounds like laughin'   As it rolls and it slides   Off the ceiling's and the sides   Of the towers and the trains      There's a black list   A deep black -----(?)   Scars so deep   They talk to children   They live with people till the grave      And folks get shaken   Twist or brake 'em   They find themselves   Condemned to burnout   They rust in crack   And then they turn out   Like the towers and the trains      Nothin' beats them downtown streets   They can't keep a dream alive   Women talkin'   Their heart rockin'   How will I survive?      We got issues   From all them -----(?)   We got wasted youth   And missing persons   Who got nothin' left to do but age      They sit on their porches   Lit by torches   And if you'll listen in the stillness   You'll hear them singin'   About their illness   The towers and the trains      Nothin' beats them downtown streets   They can't keep a dream alive   Women talkin'   Their heart rockin'   How will I survive?      In my town   When it rains   There are years   That wash off towers and the trains      And the splashin'   Sounds like laughin'   As it rolls and it slides   Off the ceilings and the sides   Of the towers and the trains      The towers and the trains   The towers and the trains   The towers and the trains