The Kid - The Felice Brothers

Well, he walked into town

He shot Johnny down

Then he sat on the green

He was back from the war

His brain was on fire

And he lived in the darkness of dreams

Heaven knows the kid

And the things that he did

Were wrong

But who is to blame?

It’s as much his crime

As it is yours and mine

Shine a light on the dark

Of Ghost Town, New York

We would sit by the tracks

Playing dice and jacks

When he lived at the Red Motor Inn

And when his mother OD’d

He was just a bad seed

And not one of us here took him in

Heaven knows the kid

And the things that he did

Were wrong

But who is to blame?

It’s as much his crime

As it is yours and mine

Shine a light on the dark

Of Ghost Town, New York

It’s a left at the fork

To Cairo, New York

And that’s where I’m stranded in sorrow

But how can I go

The fields deep in snow

And no buses run 'til tomorrow

Heaven knows the kid

And the things that he did

Were wrong

But who is to blame?

It’s as much his crime

As it is yours and mine

Shine a light on the dark

Of Ghost Town, New York

Heaven knows the kid

And the things that he did

Were wrong

But who is to blame?

It’s as much his crime

As it is yours and mine

Shine a light on the dark

Of Ghost Town, New York