John Hiatt Damn This Town song lyrics

They killed my brother in a poker game

Damn this town, I'm leaving

Daddy stayed drunk and he died insane

Damn this town, I'm leaving

Mama had to work, daddy raised the kids

Damn this town, I'm leaving

I ain't gonna tell you what her youngest boy did

Damn this town, I'm leaving

Damn this town, I mean it this time

Damn this town, I made up my mind

Damn this town, damn this town

I got a sister who's a thief and she's filled with hate

Now she's got a job working for the state

Another brother just got out of the Florida Pen

Wears a bracelet on his ankle, so they know where he's been

Damn this town, I mean it this time

Damn this town, I made up my mind

Damn this town, damn this town

A couple of sisters made it out all right

A brother in the army fighting for his life

There must be some kind of reckoning

A righteous judgment for all these things

Damn this town, I mean it this time

Damn this town, I made up my mind

Damn this town, damn this town

That's all I'm gonna say about my family

Damn this town, I'm leaving

But maybe you'd like to know, a little about me

Damn this town, I'm leaving

I'm 58 years old, still live at home like a kid

Damn this town, I'm leaving

Now I can't help my momma tell you, what her youngest boy did

Damn this town, I'm leaving