THIS TOWN

Ray Cooper / Alan Prosser / Ian Telfer
Pukka Music 1999

First released on:  Here I Stand, 1999

    
in the holy bars of Europe I bowed and said amen 
but when my eyes were open 
she had vanished once again 
I chased her down the highways 
like lights across the sky
I was looking for perfection of a very basic kind

you've got to get higher than you've been before
to knock on heaven's door
she could be anywhere and

this town is her town
think I know my way around
through the laughter and the lights
this town is holy ground
nothing's going to drag me down
this town is our town tonight

I was close to understanding, I never felt so fine 
the angels leave on horseback 
but the devils are all mine 
I knew I'd live forever, I was flying down the years 
till I heard the sound of morning 
breaking glass around my ears

you've get to get higher than you've been before
to knock on heaven's door
tonight she's everywhere and...

seems I'll never get away 
from the bitten nails and the need to pray
the sweet familiar scent of danger 
it's the constant pull of the stranger 
God protect me from what I want 
and these places that she haunts and

this town is her town
think I know my way around
through the laughter and the lights
this town is holy ground
nothing's going to drag me down
this town is our town tonight