Where The Bottles Break

John Gorka

I walk where the bottles break

And the blacktop still comes back for more

I walk where the bottles break

And the blacktop still comes back



I live where the neighbors yell

And their music comes up through the floor

I live where the neighbors yell

And their music wakes me up



Life beyond the playground fence

Is serious as basketball

Life beyond the playground fence

Is serious



Four blocks from the steel mill blasts

I paint my claim up on the wall

Four blocks from the steel mill blasts

I paint my claim



From my end of the southside drag

It's a common thought to call the cops

Further west it's been gentrified

They turned biker bars into flower shops



I kind of miss those Harley guys

Who rarely did a body harm

They mostly liked to drink and shout

And flash the pictures on their arms



It happens when the money come

The wild and poor get pushed aside

It happens when the money come

The poor get pushed

The buyers come from somewhere else

And raise the rent so you can't hide

The buyers come from out of state

And they raise the rent



Buy low sell high

You get rich and you still die

Money talks and people jump

Ask how high low-life Donald what's-his-name

And who cares

I don't wanna know what his girlfriend doesn't wear

It's a shame that the people at work

Wanna hear about this kind of jerk



These people aren't saints

No people just are

They wanna feel like they count

They wanna ride in their own car

People aren't saints

No people just are

They wanna feel like they count

They wanna ride in their own car



I just wanna make enough

To buy this town and keep it rough

I just wanna make enough

To buy this town



Buy low sell high

You get rich and you still die

Money talks and people jump

Ask how high low-life Donald what's-his-name

I walk where the bottles break

And

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