Out of the alleys
On needle-strewn fields
Into the sunlight
The brochures reveal
Like snakes come for rabbits
And rabbits for meals
Where the ore and the axe flies
Well this is our story (stick to it!)
But it ain't the truth
Cuz the truth's just for liars
That need an excuse
Around here love's a gangster
And charity's the brute
Where God deals on Sundays
Under a brain burning roof
It's 5 blocks of universe
And aliens for reach
Like invisible ghettos
Of privledge and grief
And we end up between them
The carrion flies
Living off skeletons
Recycled lies
This is the place we find out
Well this is the way we find out
We all live downtown
Pay 12.50, no parking
Live with a clown
Step over ourselves
We all live downtown
Paying blood, no parking
Sleep on the ground
Step over ourselves
We all live downtown
We all die downtown
Step over ourselves (over ourselves)
We all live downtown
We all die downtown
Step over ourselves (over ourselves)
Step over ourselves
We all live downtown
We all die downtown
Step over ourselves (over ourselves)
Step over ourselves
Well this is our story (stick to it!)
But it ain't the truth
Cuz the truth's just for liars
That need an excuse
For a King crown a banker
The Queen crowned a noose
Like heirs to a graveyard
Where the dirt's always loose
It's 5 blocks of universe
And aliens for reach
Like invisible ghettos
Of privelege and grief
And we end up between them
The carrion flies
Picking off skeletons
Under a big northern sky
This is the place you find out
Yeah this is the way you find out
We all live downtown
We all die downtown
Step over ourselves
Step over ourselves