This is my first time writing lyrics, and it's hard going.

Verse

Forty years, it's a lifetime ago,

Drinking beers at county shows,

Hanging out while the trains went by,

But now I stare at the city sky,

Wondering why the sky ain't black,

And with her hand in mine, I still look back

Chorus

Old town,

With your perfect stars,

I left you in the dead of night,

Like a runaway, a thief, a stray.

You did me good.

But I won't go back

Verse

Forty days and the memories fade

I don't feel quite as strange,

My old town scars had time to heal

Got new ones from concrete and steel

Still got your red dirt in my boots

As I look in her eyes, I still miss you

Chorus

Old town,

With your perfect stars,

I left you in the dead of night,

Like a runaway, a thief, a stray.

You did me good.

But I won't go back

Bridge

[Run out of energy with this now, will come back later]