Lyrics

IT'S A STRANGE TOWN, WHERE EVERYTHING AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED
A STRANGE TOWN, WHERE INFORMATION IS MISARRANGED
WHERE NOBODY CAN DISTINGUISH UP FROM DOWN
'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN LIVIN' THEIR WHOLE LIVES IN THIS STRANGE TOWN

THE PEOPLE WHO REFLECT A CERTAIN GLOW
CAN'T BE TOLD A THING THEY DON'T ALREADY KNOW
THE LIST OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS LEAN
BUT STILL THEY STEP RIGHT UP TO POSE AND PREEN

SOME STREETS ARE PAVED WITH GOLD
SOME OTHERS ARE JUST RUN DOWN
BUT WHICH STREET LEADS TO WHERE
IS THE MYSTERY OF THIS STRANGE TOWN

IT'S A STRANGE TOWN, DIVIDED BY DEGREE
A STRANGE TOWN, CONFLICT IS GUARANTEED
LIKE ADJECTIVES ATTACHED TO THE WRONG NOUNS
NOTHING MAKES MUCH SENSE IN THIS STRANGE TOWN

WITH SO MANY EXPERTS ON THE SCENE
IT'S HARD TO FIGURE WHAT THE SIGNALS MEAN
MEANWHILE, FORTUNE FLOATS UPON THE BREEZE
WHILE ALL THE EXPERTS DO IS DISAGREE

IT'S A STRANGE TOWN, WHERE REPUTATIONS ARE UNEARNED
A STRANGE TOWN, WHERE LESSONS GO UNLEARNED
WHERE WHAT GOES AROUND DON'T ALWAYS COME AROUND
THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS IN THIS STRANGE TOWN

THOSE WHO HOLD THE FUTURE IN SUSPENSE
AND NEVER SPEAK IN PAST OR PRESENT TENSE
ACT AS IF THERE IS NO OTHER CHOICE
AND MARVEL AT THE SOUND OF THEIR OWN VOICE