WHITETOWN

Mary Ann on the avenue
Girl all dressed up in Kensington blue
Down where the hammer falls
She's born and bred within Whitetown walls

Each and every thing slowly passes away
She moves alone along the narrow street
From a passing car she hears the music play
Beneath the "El" she starts to sway

Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown

Johnny's just trying to make his way
He's got a job but mister it don't pay
He sits and counts the scars
On a stool down the end of a Whitetown bar

And the old men here piss their lives away
Drinking and joking about their cop-fighting days
Ain't no answers here, just the past and fear
Of spending the rest of your days

Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown

In a dream salvation comes with a beat
Or the sound of breaking glass and running feet
The beat that echoes down through the streets
Mary Ann dances on

Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown
Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown, oh yeah
Down in Whitetown
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NOTES

La version studio de Whitetown a été enregistrée le 16 mars 1980 au studio Power Station, à New York City. Cette version est la seule version officielle, et présente un enregistrement ancien (1980) mixé à un enregistrement moderne (2015), dont la voix.