Some pigeons have a heart made of gold I've never met one, but I've clearly been told Farewell to the days where I fail to regain Some sense of who belongs Only zeros can become someone Your flipped mirrors, directed towards a gun Well, if you scare but not shake In the great god's name You're an arrow, your allegiance is gone Now, that's how the blues run the town Yeah, that's how the blues run the town Oh, Penny Penny, oh, how I pity your soul She's a goner when her lips become old She gonna feel something break It'll be her heart, says my brain He ain't a pharaoh, he ain't even a dog Now, that's how the blues run the town Yeah, that's how the blues run the town