We’ll Never Work in This Town Again

If you’re thinking of making a break for it
From the silent streets and the households full of names
And the kids up on the TV
They’re all brand new friends for life
And I just can’t stand the sight another day

They put a bargain basement price upon my head
And now, honey, I’ve never felt so alive or so undead
So, pick me up again

‘Cause tomorrow’s not what it used to be
Now, you know it don’t exist
And there’s never been a better time than way back when
In a place like this
When we can stay all night winning arguments
And rubbin' shoulders with the black list
Until our welcome’s overstayed, our credits spent
We’ll never work in this town again

Now, his sources speak in whispers
They get in my dreams
Like a white-gloved hand inside a diamond case
Now there’s ideas inside my head
That I’m not sure belong to me
And I can’t fall asleep half as much as I awake

Yeah, I’ve sucked the ink out of every poisoned pen
Yeah, they’ll call you old-fashioned and then pronounce you dead
But I’ll get up again

We’re at the business end of a bad idea
When she says, “it’s time to go!”
Yeah, we would rather do our soul-searching
Someplace we might see a soul
‘Cause there’s never ever been a distance here
That time itself don’t own
It’s like we’re always running backwards towards the end
We’ll never work in this town again
(Na na, na na, na)
We’ll never work in this town again
(Na na, na na, na)
Oh, we’ll never work in this town again
(Na na, na na, na)
Again, again, again
(Na na, na na, na)

Oh, now, now
I got out from under the heels of those middle-men
Yeah, I convinced myself that there’s life before death
So, pick me up again

‘Cause tomorrow’s not what it used to be
Now, you know it don’t exist
And there’s never been a blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
In a place like this
Where we can stay all night, winning arguments
And rubbing shoulders with the black list
Until our welcome’s overstayed, our credits spent
We’ll never work
Oh, make it all mean nothing
Come on, be a friend
We’ll never work in this town again

Ooh...
Na na, na na, na