Testo Key To The City

Testo Key To The City

I sat with the drunks and the speed freaks

And I watched all the drones strolling by

We sat on the street with our beers and our weed

And we blew our smoke up towards the sky.


I said, "It's one hell of an evening"

With a smile and I kicked back my can.

They shooed us away so we walked down aways

And we did the same damn thing again



Now I got nothing to wait for

And I got nothing but time

So I'll swim in these streams

And warm these poor beaten insides



Gimme the key to the city

Gimme the key to the city

These midwest eyes are dead tonight

This demon smile is aching to explode



Let's gather our bones, our guts and our hearts

And scream so they'll hear us down in those parks



Under those trees

Where the pigs lurk and crawl

There are bonfires and parties

That are fucking them all.

They give it by the inch

And take it by the mile.

It's one for the beating and

It's two for the trial.



They got nothing to wait for

And we got nothing but time

So I'll swim in these streams

Drown in these dirty streams till I die



Gimme the key to the city

Gimme the key to the city

These midwest eyes are dead tonight

This demon smile is aching to explode

Let's burn out here 1000 miles from home



I ain't here to remember

I ain't here to breakdown



Gimme the key to the city

Gimme the key to the city

These midwest eyes are dead tonight

This demon smile is aching to explode

Let's burn out here 1000 miles from home



I know what I got

And I love what I know

Don't wait up!
Testi Lawrence Arms, The