This is a song for my home town...
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Charlestown
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Oh my sweet, sweet Jesus Christ
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Another Saturday night
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And I'm hangin once again
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on my private little corner of hell
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Little Mikey C. Just O.D'd
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In the alley just a block away
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Him and my little brother used to play
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I watched the ambulance take him away
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His mom's gonna take it hard
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cause his dad just got locked away
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for 3 ta 5
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For a deal he felt he had to make
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for his family to survive
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I know the world can be so cold
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I know the world is so cold
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(I been) Hangin' on the corner
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Hey hey hey !
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I got nothing to do
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And I got nothing to lose
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Hangin, hangin' on the corner
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Wasting away.
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Another wasted night
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Another bottle of booze, Alright!
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And I know that no one cares:
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I can see it in your empty stares
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when I tell you these tales of woe
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I tell you these tales of woe
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because we really care.
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I know the world can be so cold
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I know the world is so cold
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Hangin' on the corner
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Hey hey hey !
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I got nothing to do
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And I got nothing to lose
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Hangin, hangin' on the corner
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Wasting away.
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Another wasted night
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Another bottle of booze, Alright!
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Down past Hayes Square
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is where the wealthy dine
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where they laugh and drink fine wine
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Well, two blocks over
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is where the Sergeant died
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in a hall of fire ( here we go ! )
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on a warm summer's night
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All you forgotten in the projects
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I hear Ya'.
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All you numbers in the cell block:
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We care.
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All you sweatin' in the detox:
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We care.
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To all you hoods that are dodgin' cops:
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We care.
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And to all you bleeding
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from a broken heart
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You know you've got a brother here.
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Hangin' on the corner
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Hey hey hey !
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I got nothing to do
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And I got nothing to lose
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Hangin, hangin' on the corner
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Wasting away.
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Another wasted night
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Another bottle of booze, Alright!
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Hangin' in the corner.
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Hey hey hey !
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I got nothing to lose and I got nothing
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ro prove to you.
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Hangin', hangin on the corner, wasting away.
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I pray my luck will change one day.
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Some day.
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Hanging On The Corner
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Blood For Blood |