Our Town Lyrics - Nomeansno

In our town, murders, happen everyday 

When the temperature, rises they open the hydrants, and let the children play 

In our town, friday, is payroll day 

The taverns open, the sun goes down, the neon signs make a grand display 

In our town, murders, happen everyday 

There are whores walking the streets 

They ain't pretty and they ain't cheap 

We've got cops walking the beat 

Stopping all the strangers they meet 

Tn our town, martyrs, hang from the gallows pole 

Newsboys cry on every corner, some high and mighty, has been brought low 

In our town, friends, gather on the boulevard 

The merchants are fat and happy, the beggar's life is hard 

In our town, martyrs, hang in the gallows yard 

There are guns, guns - banging on the door of flesh 

There are guns, guns - the fire and smoke scratch my breath 

There are guns, guns - and empty eyes staring up in death 

There are guns, guns - banging on the door of flesh in our town 

Muezzins, call form the minarets 

Monks bow before their beggar bowls 

While christians smoke their cigarettes 

In our town, prophets, warn of a judgement day 

Young girls hang out of window sills, a flowery frame for their charms' display 

In our town, the river, smells of oil and shit 

A hundred cranes stand in the harbour, loading a hundred ships 

In our town a thousand tongues speak from a thousand lips 

We've got whores walking the streets 

Stopping all the strangers they meet 

We've got cops walking the beat 

They ain't pretty and they ain't cheap 

In our town, the skyline, is like a mountain range 

The streets are wind swept canyons, the central park is a grassy plain 

In our town, the saints, smile down on festival days 

In tropical plumage, the black girls dance for the king of the big parade 

In our town, the bosses, curse the working man 

Husbands curse their wives, and then they raise their hands 

(Refrains)