Stand Your Ground

Hold your head up high 'Cause tomorrow you may die 'Cause there's no one safe around here No one's safe around here Stand your ground Till you're the last one in town Yeah, someone that you trust turned out to be a tricker Smoking cigarettes, getting stoned on liquor Getting really dizzy, only getting sicker Small problem now only seem bigger America's a safe place if you're gonna leave it And the rhetoric is there if you're gonna read it And the huddled masses the machine defeated And the rich look down to the rabble to bleed it Hold your head up high 'Cause tomorrow you may die 'Cause there's no one safe around here No one's safe around here Stand your ground Till you're the last one in town Oddly enough, it gets tough when you're running So you brush off the homeless when they start coming In LA, Broadway, it's wicked when they're watching And your backup, man, your backup, man, your backup ain't working There's no food, so you're spurred into action Set up and go to no satisfaction Ice and snow is the city's fashion When you walk in the shadows, girl, there's no protection Hold your head up high 'Cause tomorrow you may die 'Cause there's no one safe around here No one's safe around here Stand your ground Till you'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 doesn't It lives and breathes nocturnally So when you've got no place to sleep at night And you're all huddled up And you're cold Well, this song goes out to the city's forgotten Hey, Tim, take us on home Underlying reason, well she can't keep it going In the middle of the night they found her frozen And the Walmart sign keeps on glowing And the winds of change keep on blowing Hold your head up high 'Cause tomorrow you may die 'Cause there's no one safe around here No one's safe around here Stand your ground Till you're the last one in town