I live my life in Midtown
It's halfway 'tween here and there
I spend my time in Midtown tryin' hard to really care
Cheap intoxicated showdown
Cardboard corrugated dreams
Brothers givin' you the lowdown
He says, he don't fit into their schemes
So what's the use of keeping clean

In Midtown, like to call it home, it's my own asphalt
Midtown, where there ain't no black, where there ain't no white
Midtown, from the curb, it's a long, long way to fall

You see 'em hangin' in the doorways
Peerin' out with neon eyes, they're lookin' at ya
Someone's hangin' in the hallways
Habits hard to subsidize
Well it comes as no surprise

In Midtown, like to call it home, it's my own asphalt
Midtown, where there ain't no black, where there ain't no white
Midtown, from the curb, it's a long, long way to fall

I pray to God in Midtown, semi-automatic faith
He'll be hangin' out in Midtown
He'll be tryin' to find a trace
Pickin' thru the human waste

In Midtown, like to call it home, it's my own asphalt
Midtown, where there ain't no black, where there ain't no white
Midtown, from the curb, it's a long, long way to fall

In Midtown, like to call it home, it's my own asphalt
Midtown, where there ain't no black, where there ain't no white
Midtown, from the curb, it's a long, long way to fall