The Badlands
Album: Drifter and Gypsy
By: Marie Smith
By: Marie Smith
Duration
3:27
Genres
Description
Comparing and contrasting the Badlands of South Dakota and the Badlands of Philly. Photo accompanying this song is of a storm north of Rapid City, near the Badlands National Park. It eventually spawned 16 tornados. The photo demonstrates both the beauty and danger mentioned in the song.
Lyrics
There's nothing here Nothing but the South Dakota sky Nothing but silence Most of the time You can lose yourself And lose the world Listening to the sound of the Lakota tribes Driving through White River and Winner And driving on by A storm is on the horizon You see it from miles away And you tell yourself if it rains today It will be okay in the Badlands The Badlands There's too much here! Too much in the North Philadelphia night Too much noise and too much fear You can lose your senses Or lose your life Distain hides the beauty of the People in her streets In decrepit row homes they Live and eat and sleep They're not free, no Gunfire rings out in the distance You know that you've Built up resistance If you tell yourself if it rains today None of this will change In the Badlands The Badlands Two places of mystery Two places of beauty Two places so threatening Where the people beg for freedom In the Bad, the Badlands The Badlands The Badlands
