TUK - This One's For the Boys Back at Home

Dear Brothers, I write you feeling guilty head to toe
I built these walls around me and I got nowhere to go
I need a light, I need a spark or a flame, cuz I don't wanna have to see you do the same

So I say goodbye to the city skies
The stars out here don't shine as bright as the ones that do back home

Dear brothers, now I write you from a porch after a storm
To think the breeze that brought these great big cottonwood trees down
Is now the one that keeps me safe and warm
It's times like this that made me wish you came
And I can't help wondering if you wish the same

(Oo) So I say goodbye to the city skies
(Oo) The stars out here don't shine as bright as the ones that do back home

I had the thought of an L.A gangster cruising up and down Broadway
Why did I go to school for a life with no rules anyway?
I wanted buses and babes and the booze, to hear arenas shouting our name
And there's no one to blame, wanting fortune and fame is a never ending life-long game

This one's for the boys back at home
Keep fighting everyday
Long live the boys back at home
I'll be the first to say

The summer heat made a man out of me, the winds of Sixth chilled me to my core
And it killed all the thrills when the bills showed up at the front door
It wasn't fun when she said we were done, it had me looking around in fright
Lugging booze through the chutes, schmoozing doctors in suits had me in a foot race towards the light

This one's for the boys back at home
Keep fightin' everyday
Long live the boys back at home
I'll be the first to say

Long live the boys back at home
Long live the boys back at home

And all of that to say, keep fightin' everyday for compounds in the sky
For lights to rain on you in pinks and greens and blues and at least somewhere dry
For the crazy ones that open both your eyes
And the little freaks that want to sit along your side
And just because this crazy dream's no longer mine
Doesn't mean I'd hate to see you cross the finish line

For the crazy ones (Oo boys back at home)
And the little freaks along your side (Oo boys back at home)
And just because this crazy dream's not mine (Oo the boys back home)
I'll see you both across the finish line (Oo the boys back home)

This time, my brothers I'm writing to tell you
That some day only works for some time, or so they say
Refuse to let the losers accuse you of any crime
Your quest in its divinity gets muddied up by jealousy
They'll scream for your sobriety, the gavel cracks insanity
(Oo) a single shot fired in the air; they whip their heads around they stare at
A man who wears a collar and cut his hair

But no matter where you go
You're never outside the reach of the boy back home

Written by:
Andrew Summers

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