I Made A Mess Of This Town

I made a mess of this town

Now every sidewalk crack

Either knocks me down

Or breaks somebody's back

And every face I see

As I look around

Says it's time to leave

You made a mess of this town

With a spring in my step and a song on my lips

I came and found out how big this town really is

Confusing lovers and confusing friends

And making the same mistakes again and again

'Til all the guys at the bar

Will just stay where they are

And all the girls on the block

You know how girls talk

And all the lights on the street

Incandescent and mean

'Cause the word got around

You made a mess of this town

This town

There's some people you meet

And then there's people you know

Some keep you on your feet

And some don't let them go

That's why I sit at the bar and I dream of the day

That I get the means to mean what I say

I'm gonna leave this town

In a cloud of dust

With a 50 cent lighter

And a whiskey bust

And there will be a day

When I come back around

And when asked why I'll say it's 'cause

I made a mess