"paint the town" lyrics

"paint the town"

This is the last time I get to dress you
Everything's ready to say goodbye
Our house is full of colors to paint the town
When the wrecking ball comes to take us down

Are we standing for things we love?
Or are we part of who is doing wrong?

I wonder why it is that I should let go
Their show is trying to make us numb
A pile of bricks with no soul to make some cash
When the wrecking ball comes to take us down

Are we standing for things we love?
Or are we part of who is doing wrong?
I won't sit here keeping my voice down
Just for you to wear a bigger crown
You'll take it to the ground
You're just a clown, so rich underground, yeah

What took so long to build goes down in seconds
Leaving a stain of different shades
My final act in this play, I'll take a bow
When the wrecking ball comes to take us down

Are we standing for things we love?
Or are we part of who is doing wrong?
I won't sit here keeping my voice down
Just for you to wear a bigger crown
You'll take it to the ground
You're just a clown, so rich underground
You're just a clown, so rich underground
You're just a clown, so rich underground
You're just a...


Writer(s): Salvador Thiam Vilar Braamcamp Sobral, Leonardo Miguel Aldrey Alonso
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