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Morristown Lyrics by Nicholas Payne

Winter In Morristown

2020

[Verse 1]
\nThere's a town I know in the old oilfields
\nWhere now there ain't nothing but tons of rusting steel
\nIt shoulda been abandoned for about a decade now
\nBut a handful still live there
\nGod alone knows how
\n
\n[Verse 2]
\nEver since the recession there ain't no jobs here
\n'Cept a night shift in the quick shop selling folks beer
\nAnd those that have jobs they work 30 miles away
\nProbably spend more on gas
\nThan they could ever earn in a day
\n
\n[Verse 3]
\n"There's nothing to fear except fеar itself"
\nWell that's easily said whеn there's food on your shelf
\nIn Morristown no one's got any money to spend
\nOh and likewise no one's
\nGot a helping hand to lend
\n
\n[Verse 4]
\nThe paper's shut down, Facebook's the only source of news
\nAnd so everyone shares the same political views
\nPoliticians manipulate them just to win the race
\nBut outside the campaign
\nThey openly despise their own base
\n
\n[Verse 5]
\nThe school's underfunded the textbooks worn out
\nThe teachers do their best but ahh but there's a lot of drop-outs
\nAnd those that do manage to make it all the way through
\nThey've got no earthly clue
\nWhere to go or what to do
\n
\n[Verse 6]
\nSharon worked hard in school, yeah she always did her best
\nBut a couple months into college she couldn't compete with the rest
\nShe had to drop out when the money ran thin
\nWhen you're from Morristown
\nOh life can be a hard game to win
\n
\n[Verse 7]
\nJohnny played ball, thought it'd be his ticket out
\nGet a scholarship or two and take the college route
\nBut then he blew out his knee; he tore his ACL
\nAnd now he's stuck in Morristown
\nHis own personal Hell
\n
\n[Verse 8]
\nThere's people in the cities, people on the coast
\nThink they're all a bunch of rednecks folks they look down on the most
\nHandful of yokels well that may be true
\nBut you wouldn't insult them
\nIf you knew what they's going through
\n
\n[Verse 9]
\nThere's a half dozen churches there to spread the Good News
\nEach Sunday they're filled but they're filled with empty pews
\nA century ago this was the Promised Land
\nBut now it seems Morristown's
\nBeen taken out of God's hands
\n
\n[Verse 10]
\nWell the graveyards keep filling up, houses slowly grow bear
\nEveryone wants to leave, but no-one knows where
\nThe dead and the dying, oh they exist side by side
\nWhen you're from Morristown
\nOh sometimes it's hard to abide\n\n
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Nicholas Payne

Nicholas Payne

About “Morristown” by Nicholas Payne

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