Dirty Old Town
   
 
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Album Information

Album Name (Year):
Rei Momo (1989)
Record Label:
Luka Bop/Sire Records
Billboard Chart:
The Billboard 200
Entry Week (Position):
10/21/1989 (197)
Peak Position:
71
Weeks On Chart:
18
Songs On This Album: (Click For Lyrics)
1. Independence Day
2. Make Believe Mambo
3. The Call Of The Wild
4. Dirty Old Town
5. The Rose Tattoo
6. Loco de Amor
7. The Dream Police
8. Don't Want To Be A Part Of Your World
9. Marching Through The Wilderness
10. Good And Evil
11. Lie To Me
12. Office Cowboy
13. Women Vs. Men
14. Carnival Eyes
15. I Know Sometimes A Man Is Wrong


Album Notes
This album also spent 2 weeks on the British Charts starting 10/21/89, peaking at #52.
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Well, there are sixteen people in Danny's apartment
Sixteen people are living in there
Remember the days of rent control
Grandpa remembers rock and roll

These days won't last forever
These days won't last for long
You know, somebody somewhere owes us a favor
That's how things really get done
In this World of Opportunities, it's a Land of Possibilities

We wanna live in a dirty old town
Building it up, tearing us down
With our head in the clouds and our feet on the ground
We wanna live - dirty old town
Dirty old town

Now when the ladies come from Kansas
They wear their traditional colors
Today the fabrics are ragged and torn
The clothes on their backs is all that they own
They say, "Don't draw attention to yourself
They'll tear you apart for a couple of bucks
Keep you head down and keep you nose clean
'Cause people who're scared do dangerous things"

These days can't last forever
These days can't last for long
You know someday things'll get better
Somehow things'll get done
In this World of Possibilities, it's the Land of Opportunities

We wanna live in a dirty old town
Building it up, tearing us down
With our head in the clouds and our feet on the ground
We wanna live - dirty old town
Dirty old town

These days shoes are worn only on special occasions
Battles are fought for fam'ly and nations
Maybe you'll pray, but God isn't home
And there's no guarantee that justice be done

We wanna live in a dirty old town
Building it up, tearing us down
With our head in the clouds and our feet on the ground
We wanna live - dirty old town
Dirty old town
 
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Song Information
Song Written By:
David Byrne
Track Number:
04
Track Length:
4:12
Billboard Chart:
Hot Modern Rock Tracks
Entry Week (Position):
12/09/1989 (22)
Peak Position:
8
Weeks On Chart:
6


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