Tom Kimmel: 5 to 1 [lyrics]

Tom Kimmel: 5 to 1 [lyrics]

Tom Kimmel

5 to 1

Well I took a little spin though the old side of town

I went to see if things had maybe changed somehow

Cause everybody's sayin' how a change is due

I guess I went to see if I'm changin' too

Well the Greyhound Station is a place to eat

And new shops open up and down the street

But just around the corner it's a loaded gun

And bums over hookers maybe 5 to 1

Yeah the line at the mission's still a good block long

It's a juke box loaded with the same old songs

It sounds no better this time around

It hurt some then, it hurts some now

And you can hear 'em singin'

Lean on me,then let me lean on you

We're gonna go down swingin' if it's all we do

We'll fall here trying like it's our last stand

Or cross this river to the promised land

A fresh coat's painted on the old high school

But it doesn't really hide what the girl's been through

And just around the corner where we used to run

It's bars on the windows when the day is done

Yeah it's bars over churches maybe 5 to 1

I don't see how a lot of savin' gets done

Is all this talk of turning old to new

A back-beat rhythm for the old soft-shoe?

Cause you can hear 'em singin'

Lean on me,then let me lean on you

We're gonna go down swingin' if it's all we do

We'll fall here trying like it's our last stand

Or cross this river to the promised land

The trains from the city kinda fade away

The cops hit the streets to keep the merchandise safe

A black cat's shadow of a night's begun

A real homecoming for a native son

Well I took a little spin through the old side of town

I went to see if things had maybe changed somehow

Cause everybody's callin' this a dream come true

I guess I went to see if I'm dreamin' too 

Cause you can hear 'em singin'

Lean on me,then let me lean on you

We're gonna go down swingin' if it's all we do

We'll fall here trying like it's our last stand

Or cross this river to the promised land