A quiet small town

sidshovel

https://audius.co/sidshovel/a-quiet-small-town (right click, select open link in new tab) for song. lyrics SS music/vocals Ai

[intro]

[verse 1]

A lot of great singers,

lived in small towns

They all wrote a song,

about leavin' it

Throw in a train,

a roadside bar

You got a recipe for,

a country song hit

[verse 2]

Now I ain't sayin' I'm great,

others say I am

I've lived all my life in the city

that pretty much qualifies me

To write, not a song,

but maybe call it a ditty

[chorus]

I don't miss the dirt,

the noise nor the crime

I'll pass on the traffic,

grafitti and grime

Where everythings green

and nothin' is brown

There's a lot to be said

for a quiet small town

[verse 3]

Maybe galleries, and movies

or some chic bar,

is worth your health,

when your old and frail.

But if God gave me back,

my time over again,

I'd share it with nature,

and I'd walk the trail.

[chorus]

I don't miss the dirt,

the noise nor the crime

I'll pass on the traffic,

grafitti and grime

Where everythings green

and nothin' is brown

There's a lot to be said

for a quiet small town

[verse 4]

If your good enough,

they'll come to you,

and if your not,

then you've saved the fare.

A song about a porch,

a diner or school,

like a small town,

will be a hit anywhere.

[chorus]

I don't miss the dirt,

the noise nor the crime,

I'll pass on the traffic,

grafitti and grime.

Where everything's green

and nothin' is brown.

There's a lot to be said

for a quiet small town.

[bridge]

You hardly ever miss,

what you've given away.

Till you wake up,

and pine for "back in the day".

[chorus]

I don't miss the dirt,

the noise nor the crime,

I'll pass on the traffic,

grafitti and grime.

Where everything's green

and nothin' is brown.

There's a lot to be said

for a quiet small town.

[outro]

for a quiet small town.

quiet small town.

RainyDayMan

I'm reading this as the Chorus is the ditty that is referred to in V2.

So he is a city slicker writing a Country song about a country town? Is that right? The fact that I need to ask makes me unsure that this is quite coming off. (And if I'm reading it wrong then that could be a different problem!)

It's a little bit meta for me. The chorus is catchy though.

See what other sort of feedback you get, but there might be an option to rewrite it as a straight country song about living in a country town.