In this part of town
The thunder has wheels
It rolls on for miles
And the rain never comes
The rain never comes
In this part of town
Down

I stand near the block
Where nobody lives
Although I am not
As near as I feel
As near as I feel
To this part of town
Down

Nothing to buy
No one to pay
Nothing to tie
The night to the day
One hand to fly
One hand to stay
One truth to lie
All the way down
Down

Seduction is quick
It leaves you for stranded
With black paved reasons
And broken white rhymes
And too many fall
In this part of town
Down

In this part of town
The name has no face
No face in the window
And the curtain gets worn
The curtain stays torn
In this part of town
Down