Cletis Carr - Angeltown lyrics

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Johnny lives on a corner in Angeltown

In a house that his grandad built, they nearly tore it down

To make way for the freeway and the shopping mall

He heard it was something called the urban sprawl

The more things change, the less they stay the same

In Angeltown, in Angeltown Living in A... living in Angeltown

Johnny loved his hometown, he didn't like the change

Daddy said, now ain't that progress, but don't those words sound strange

Johnny walked thru Angeltown with his last five bucks

Bought a ticket in the lottery trying to buy some luck

The more things change, the less they stay the same

In Angeltown, in Angeltown Living in A... living in Angeltown

It's a strange old world, no reason or rhyme

It's a strange old world, where things work out sometimes

So Johnny won the lottery, became a billionaire, and he said,

There's things in Angeltown that need repair

So he bought up the freeways, he bought the shopping malls

Tore 'em down, turned 'em back into grounds where they still play ball

And the more things change, the more they stay the same

In Angeltown, in Angeltown Living in A... living in Angeltown