The Edge of Town

Ronald Borst

The Edge of Town

after dinner last nite
i went to the edge of town
where the muddy road starts
and that deviant walks his dog around

pistol in my pocket
and pockets full of rabid thoughts
i went down to the edge of town
where graem hromas walks his dog around

i been watchin him slow
like a summer rain
then its gonna blow
down at the edge of town

let the lightnin strike
and may we never see you again
lightnin in bullets of steel
the darkness on the edge of town is real

i walked down there
and disappeared from the houses on the 15th avenue
and i started watchin everywhere
im a good man but i know what im about to do

i aint a judgin man
but i went to the edge of town to kill
to protect our kids and my will
down there past the whistling river and the old oak stand

i found him there sittin on fallen limb
and i put a bullet in his eye
just so he could see what happened
down there on the edge of town