Jan Smith
All Around This Town


All day I've been looking
for things to put away
to make some room for my heart
Oh Lord I was built for so much more
but I can't leave, I can't stay
I don't know where to start

All around this town
there are people wanting more
All around this town
there are people hoping for something to hope for
All around this town
there are crimes that I can't see
When everything was new it didn't
seem so important to me

Some kind of gold
this turned out to be and me
I'd drive on into the sea
to find that all the tea in China
couldn't fill this great big hole
inside of me

All around this town
there are people moving on
All around this town
there are people staying up 'til dawn
All around this town
there are lights that never dim
I wish I could burn steady baby
and be just like them

He said you can always come back home
if you feel all alone
I said I'm going to have to fail pretty bad
to ever come back here
I wish I had never said that

All around this town
there are people with regrets
All around this town
it's the stupid part no one forgets
All around this town
there are simple signs that show
when to stop, when to slow
when to go