Love Left Town - Lyrics - Darden Smith

Darden Smith is an Austin-based singer-songwriter known for his lyrics and for weaving folk and Americana influences with rock, pop, and the musical roots of his home state. His debut album, "Native Soil," was released in 1986. His fourteenth album, Love Calling, came out August 27, 2013. Over the past decade, Smith has developed two programs, The Be An Artist Program and SongwritingWith . Both use collaborative songwriting to work with groups ranging from children in the classroom to soldiers returning home from combat. Smith established SongwritingWith:Soldiers as a separate non-profit organization in 2012. In a recent presentation for TEDxAustin called "Fearing Your Gift," Darden Smith discusses what led him to these projects and how, going forward, creativity is central to everything he does.

Six o'clock alarm bell rings and you roll out of bed Hope a cup of coffee shake the cobwebs out of your head Seven days a week man it's all the same You're going through the motions, chasing the flame Put on the same dirty green suit you wore yesterday and you walk downstairs Take a deep breath two parts gasoline and one part air See the rich man running trying to catch that train Boy pulls on your sleeve and says mister, mister could you spare a little change You shake your head as you look around You see that Love just left town, love just left town, love just left town love just... Now you're standing on a dirty street corner in the middle of the day People rushing by you ain't nobody got nothing to say Lights turning red, lights turning green Streets are full of taxicabs, trash trucks and limousines Damn limousines You shake your head as you look around You see that Love just left town, love just left town, love just left town love just... Feel a little angry, feel a little mean Like you're staring at a wall, staring at a wall of t.v. screens And some fool's gone and turned the volume way up loud You're one of the millions, just another boy lost in the crowd And you shake your head as you look around Oh now you shake your head as you look around You see that Love just left town, love just left town, love just left town love just... Six o'clock alarm bell rings and you roll out of bed Just hope a cup of coffee shake the cobwebs out of your head Love left town Love left town Oh love left town Oh now your love left town Love left town Oh love left town Six o'clock alarm bell rings and you roll out of bed Love left town