Unclaimed City

Used to spend long Saturdays

Walking around downtown

Sidewalks were always empty

The streets without a sound

You could drive the wrong way

Without knowing for a mile

Don't know what I expected

Would make it feel worthwhile

Busted concrete and gravel

No stars to light the way

Do I really belong here

Do I even want to stay

At night we'd haunt those streets

Skate rat queen debutantes

Slaloming and hollering

Past the lunch-only restaurants

Cold beers at Lone Star Saloon

Coaster said 'we're glad you're here'

The bartender didn't look it

But those days we had no fear

Busted concrete and gravel

No stars to light the way

Do I really belong here

Do I even want to stay

Later I'd move into downtown

Walking down Texas in heels

Move aside to let someone pass

As the church's bell tower peals

On my way to the next play

The next ballet, the next laugh

But we're just fooling ourselves

Bloody knees, still riffraff

Busted concrete and gravel

No stars to light the way

But yeah I really belong here

And yeah I'm gonna stay