helluva home

their sidewalks, songs and their knuckles are cracked, and they ring like an old broken bell, they kick and they scream, they call it brotherly love, and it seems like a living hell, but the pavement connects, and the knuckles protect, and the cracked songs help heal the wounds, and they huddle together fight off the cold, they kick scream and sing out of tune, and wait for the flowers to bloom, it's a helluva home, it's a helluva home, where else would i go, it's all i know, it's a hell, it's a helluva home, out here it's all earthquakes, plastic, and the hills are on fire, styrofoam, tan moms and drought, i ain't seen a black girl in 28 days, and i'm starting to have my doubts, no rain's got me withering but at least i'm not shivering, i can breathe here without all the gloom, we got our feet in the sand, endless possible land, bathing in the sun and the moon, with wildflowers always in bloom, it's a helluva home, it's a helluva home, where else would i go, it's all i know, it's a hell, it's a helluva home, it's a helluva home, where else would i go, it's all i know, it's a hell, it's a helluva home, i got used to waving goodbye, i got tired of grinding in a giant city waiting to die, it's a helluva home, it's a helluva home, where else would i go, it's all i know, it's a hell, it's a helluva home, it's a helluva home, where else would i go, it's all i know, it's a hell, it's a helluva home, helluva home, you go east you go west you get tarnish and sheen, the trick is to live with the two, for now i'll sing here with less in a world in between, as long as i'm singing with you, i want to sing it with you