BoDeans - Tied Down and Chained Lyrics
Well, the fire city call to the hotsummer night in the distant sirens'scream. Kids on the street don't thinkabout nothin', just livin' out some crazydream. On the front porch, Cherrysnaps her lipstick shut to the pull of theradio steel. While folks inside drinktheir worlds away. I guess sometimesthey must feel tied down and chained.Well, folks around here don't talk aboutlife like it lasts forever. They talk aboutlife like it's salt instead of sugar. And theelders sit around on the front porch. Theyoung ones, they mostly play. Every-body else watchin' TV screens, watchin'big time miles, miles away. And the daysgo by just like hurricanes. And herecomes that very same old feelin' again.Another face in the crowd, well baby, I'mhere for the takin'. Just like everybodyelse, now, I feel I've been forsaken. Yeah,Boy Johnny sings like a hurtin' soul,made ten million dollars in one day,spent every dime the very same night,and the tax man takes him away. Yeah,the judge walks in and he says, "BoyJohnny, you must be crazy or just lying."Boy Johnny says, "Judge you may beright but I had a good time. An' lookat you."
