Better Place Than This | Roy Evan Burstiner

Sally’s standing in the station with her suitcase stuffed & packed

And she’s waiting for her train to ride on coming down the tracks

There’ll be no one there for a long goodbye to to give her a big big kiss

She just swears there’s gotta be a better place than this

Billy quit his job this morning, and his wife left long ago

With a three year old to care for, and a mother in law in tow

He steps up into the greyhound, on the sidewalk he just spits

And he swears there’s gotta be a better place than this

Never feel you’re rooted and you’re stuck in a dead end street

There’s always a place that’s better, on the road that’s under your feet

Suzie’s got a drugged out boyfriend, and he beat her every night

And she thought there’d never be a day with a good end clear in sight

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But a friend she grew up with long ago, just took her hand in his

He just told her there’s gotta be a better place than this

If it seems like it’s just a hell on earth, there’s gotta be a heaven too

As they say back in the city, you do what you gotta do

Jimmy worked the night shift, at the local gas & go

had to quit his school semester when his dad died a year ago

He keeps his head in the schoolbooks, in the gas station where he sits

And he swears there’s gotta be a better place than this

There’s gotta be a better place than this