New Town - Phil Ochs

The road goes straight to the town I’m headed for

Pretty cold town that I never seen before

I’ve trouble on my mind hope this new town will be kind

New people and a new job is what I need to find

New town new town now don’t you let me down

I’ve travelled seven hundred miles

To be where I am bound

New town new town I’d like a chance to stay

Leave behind the old town and live a brand new way

My life isn’t easy as I hear the new town call

You’re headin for a future or you’re ridin for a fall

And all through the day I can hear the old town say

You can’t beat your troubles if you run the other way

New town new town now don’t you let me down

I’ve travelled seven hundred miles

To be where I am bound

New town new town I’d like a chance to stay

Leave behind the old town and live a brand new way

Time is dragging as the road stretches on

And while the wheels are turning

My past is further on

And as the trees are going by I wonder what I’ll do

And why I left the old town to gamble with a new

New town new town now don’t you let me down

I’ve travelled seven hundred miles

To be where I am bound

New town new town I’d like a chance to stay

Leave behind the old town and live a brand new way

New town new town now don’t you let me down

I’ve travelled seven hundred miles

To be where I am bound

New town new town I’d like a chance to stay

Leave behind the old town and live a brand new way