Hold your head up high,
cause tomorrow you may die,
cause no oneand's safe around here,
no oneand's safe around here.
stand your ground,
til youand're the last one in town.
Someone that you trust turned out to be a tricker,
smoking cigarettes, getting stoned on liquor,
getting really dizzy, only getting sicker,
small problems now only seem bigger.
americaand's a safe place,
if youand're gonna leave it,
and the rhetoric is there,
if youand're gonna read it,
and the hollow masses,
the machines defeated,
and the rich look down to arrive on the bleeding.
Hold your head up high,
cause tomorrow you may die,
cause no oneand's safe around here,
no oneand's safe around here.
stand your ground,
til youand're the last one in town.
Hardly enough,
it gets tough when youand're running,
so you bust out the homeless,
when they start coming,
in la, broadway, itand's wicked when theyand're watching,
and your backup and your backup and your backup ainand't working.
thereand's no food, so youand're spurred into action,
set up and go to no satisfaction,
ice and snow is the city passion,
when you walk in the shadows, girl, thereand's no protection.
Hold your head up high,
cause tomorrow you may die,
cause thereand's no one safe around here,
no oneand's safe around here.
stand your ground,
til youand're the last one in town.
Ok, well,
this is the city of los angeles,
and it never sleeps,
it may look like it,
but it doesnand't.
it lives and breathes nocturnally,
so when youand've got no place to sleep at night,
and youand're all huddled up,
and youand're cold,
well, this song goes out to the cityand's forgotten.
hey, tim, take us on home....
Underlying reason, well she canand't keep it going,
in the middle of the night,
they found her frozen,
and the wal-mart sign,
keeps on glowing,
and the winds of change keep on blowing.
Hold your head up high,
cause tomorrow you may die,
cause no oneand's safe around here,
no oneand's safe around here.
stand your ground,
til youand're the last one in town.
