Crickets and Tumbleweeds

My ode to Elko, NV. For anyone who feels like an outsider. ~Kat

Tom: guitar
Kat: lyrics, vocals, egg, keys

You’re breakin’ down in the center of town,
in the center of town, yeah
Screamin’ as you’re hittin’ the ground
well, it’s a lonesome sound, yeah
Fight to live just one more day
as if you wanted to stay, yeah
You’re breakin’ down in the center of town
cause they’re beatin’ you down again

How long should you wait for an answer?
You ask until you’re blue in the face
these moments of grace are few and far between
How wrong could you ever be?
You’re walking the street as if you might belong

Makin’ friends with the ghosts in the screen
but they don’t know what you mean, no
Run away when they’re turnin’ on you
but what else are you gonna do?
How exactly are you earning your keep?
You can’t make money on sleep, no
Make your way out into the dark
where you’re makin’ your mark, oh

How dare you try to make your world a little better
ask the questions that nobody mentions
these misapprehensions are just getting old
Will they say they don’t want your kind here
will they look at you with fear,
or will they grumble when you have to go-go-go-go-go?

Hearin’ rants from the vagrants at dawn
and you’re playin’ along, oh
Only difference ‘tween their words and your own
is the volume and tone, oh
Seeking value in what little you can
it’s a respectable plan, yeah,
Now you realize your greatest wealth is talking to yourself again

And it’s all a desert of sages
and the moon’s, the moon’s turning phases
with or without you, as if you didn’t know
Maybe someday you’ll put those doubts away
embrace the grey and then just let it go

Breakin’ down in the center of town
in the center of town, yeah
Breakin’ down it’s a lonesome sound
it’s a lonesome sound, yeah
Breakin’ down in the center of town
in the center of town, yeah
Breakin’ down it’s a lonesome sound
and they’re beatin’ you down again
Breakin’ down in the center of town
in the center of town, yeah
Breakin’ down it’s a lonesome sound
it’s a lonesome sound, yeah