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Real Down Town   Run Time: 3:53

(There is an another version of this song with alternate lyrics. Show me.)

Written by Bill Mallonee for Irving Music, Inc., Allegiance Music, Russachugama Music and CyBrenJoJosh (BMI) ©1990, 1992

hey look at me now
i've been impaled on the horns of your sacred cow
now there's a train wreck up ahead
i was given up for lost given up given up for dead

hey come and see what i have found
in your real down town
in your real down town
in your real down town

the expositor wears an apron
like the butcher down the street
he's gonna sell you some meat market music
cut dried and cheap

better take stock of where you're going
by where you have been
oh sweet Lord Jesus
come wash away these sins

hey look at me now
i'm still impaled on the horns of your sacred cow
now there's a train wreck in my head
ah but darling your love keeps me so well fed

Did You Know?

One of the more successful songs for the Vigilantes of Love (it was a Top 10 Modern Rock radio hit in 1995), "Real Down Town" is a shout out to the college town of Athens, Georgia. There are two versions of this song, in which the second verses are different. Both verses are a jab at the music industry. But the latter version includes a direct reference to Core Entertainment and their unadmirable involvement with VoL's Driving the Nails album: "well the core of my problem / is this driving the nails and all"

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