I thought I heard gunshots last night
 Underneath the broken streetlight
 Back when this was the bad part of town
 All off-track betting joints and dive bars
 Rent was cheap and it was well worth it

 You called me up long-distance last night
 To talk around the problem and fight
 I wish there was something much better left to say
 But guys like you, you know you can’t really have friends
 You save it all for one good woman

 So I drove North until it got cold
 Where the deer all wait by the sides of the road
 Waiting for just the right chance to jump
 ‘Cuz safety lies over the next hill, always
 Yeah I hope we get it right
 I hope we get it right
 I hope we get it right