Key To The City Lyrics - Lawrence Arms

I sat with the drunks and the speed freaks 

and I watched all the drones strolling by. 

We sat on the street with our beers and our weed 

and we blew our smoke up towards the sky. 

I said, "It's one hell of an evening" 

with a smile and I kicked back my can. 

They shooed us away so we walked down aways 

and we did the same damn thing again. 

Now, I got nothing to wait for 

and I got nothing but time. 

So I'll swim in these streams 

and warm these poor beaten insides. 

Gimme the key to the city 

These midwest eyes are dead tonight. 

This demon smile is aching to explode. 

Let's gather our bones, our guts and our hearts 

and scream so they'll hear us down in those parks. 

Under those trees 

where the pigs lurk and crawl 

there are bonfires and parties 

that are fucking them all. 

They give it by the inch 

and take it by the mile. 

It's one for the beating and 

it's two for the trial. 

They got nothing to wait for 

and we got nothing but time 

So I'll swim in these streams 

(Drown in these dirty streams) 

(Till I die) 

Gimme the key to the city 

These midwest eyes are dead tonight. 

This demon smile is aching to explode. 

(Let's burn out here 1000 miles from home) 

I ain't here to remember! 

I ain't here to breakdown! 

Gimme the key to the city 

These midwest eyes are dead tonight. 

This demon smile is aching to explode. 

Let's burn out here 1000 miles from home. 

I know what I got and 

I love what I know. 

Don't wait up!