Discarded

It’s hard and uneasy
Living in this skipped over town
Once was called a music city
Since then it’s been scaled down
The oil that once was pavement
The mud that once was brick
Engulfs the gossamer river
Like hot wax on a wick
What once was gray is now grayer
What once was cloudy is gone
The streets are all layered
With discarded honky tonk songs
Discarded honky tonk songs
Everyone fears the color scarlet
With a misguided prejudice
They all point their crooked little fingers
At the high school reading list
What once was gray is now grayer
What once was cloudy is gone
The streets are all layered
With discarded honky tonk songs
Discarded honky tonk songs