This is a first rate town

But all you ever notice

Are the ways it's stretched too far

And it has been knocked down

But some of us are still

Left here between the scars

When you look around

All you ever notice is

That you can not see the stars

This is a first rate town, a first rate town you know

You just can't see very far

When the last door closed

You packed your clothes

And went back to Montreal

Said it was colder there

A chill hangs into the air

It helps you forget it all

You left and empty bookshelf

That I did not fill till fall

This is a first rate town a first rate town you know

You just can't see it at all

Well it will fade as all things must

I loved you but, you didn't love me enough

Winter comes, the car will rust

I'll start it up, then always run a little rough

This is a first rate town

And all you ever notice

Are the ways it's stretched too far

They keep the death rates down

It's colder than a winter

Spent in defrosting cars

We talked a lot of leaving

Didn't think you'd get that far

This is a first rate town a first rate town you know

You just can't see very far