作词 : Daniel James McFadyen
作曲 : Daniel James McFadyen/Quinn Bachand
I took a trip then I looked around
the city looks a little clearer now
it takes a dollar out of town
I cross it
I met a man with a backwards hat
he said I ve gotta get out of halifax
and once I get to goin no I can t go back
they ll find me
once I hit the road
there s a place I d like to go
where the streets are painted gold
like you d never imagine
and when it s my time to go
take me down across the cove
throw me out don t save my soul
you can let em have it
the city of ashes
when it feels like he can t go on
he plays a record and he sings along
to hard times and that jersey song
it s magic
I saw him down at the liquor store
not the man that he was before
he grabbed a forty and walked out the door
he said to me
he lost it all from a few bad bets
he left his family out to pay the debt
said to his daughter that he d soon be back
and he told her he d be sober and before he left
he said
once we hit the road
there s a place that we should go
where the streets are painted gold
like you d never imagine
and when it s my time to go
take me down across the cove
throw me out don t save my soul
you can let em have it
the city of ashes
and when it s my time to go
take me down across the cove
throw me out don t save my soul
you can let em have it
the city of ashes