Burnt Out Town - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

I was walking down the street the other day

A woman stopped me

She said: why are you looking so down in the mouth?

And I told her

This is a burnt out town

It’s full of dirty looks

There’s ashes on Main Street

And the mayor is cooking the books

Even my best friends

Are turning into crooks

Yeah this is the burnt out town

New Emperor, same clothes

They dancing on glass ceilings

While the filthy money flows

Yes and here I am stealing gas, with a garden hose

Yeah!

Take that, honey!

This is a burnt out town

The city fathers have come to blows

It’s out of their realm of reality

The truth’s indecent when exposed

Yeah, it’s the burnt out town

It’s going down but no one knows

Yeah, it’s the burnt out town

Ain’t dead but getting close