imagine the space as it used to be

there were fields of corn

there were big oak trees

but a woman in a suit bulldozed it clear

built a concrete world full of crocodile tears



and we don't understand

that we all have a part in a government plan

it's a hard shot

to be the people in the place that the world forgot

in a paperback town



but I know I know I know we can be free

though no guardian angel up above

has kept an eye on me

and at night I listen to the sirens moan

for a broken heart from a broken home

so many people are so alone

in a paperback town



and one day soon I'm gonna write it all down

I live my life in a paperback town



oooh--in a paperback town

oooh--in a paperback town



I'm gonna take my troubles

gonna pack my bags

gonna fly my kite for a different flag

I'll sing my song

From the top of the hill

when the night is cold

and the wind is chill



'cos I don't understand

why I should be part of another man's plan

it's a hard shot

for the people in the place

that the world forgot

in a paperback town



live and die here

in a paperback town

wonder why here

in a paperback town



but I know I know I know we can be free |

though no guardian angel up above

has kept an eye on me

and at night I listen to the rain fall down

and I shake with the fear that we all will drown

but my words don't even make a sound

in a paperback town



and one day soon I'm gonna write it all down

I live my life in a paperback town