Broken Down in Broken Town
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine Lyrics

Broken down in broken town
Feeling hopeless and trapped in a place where things never seem to go right.

Call the lifeguard to watch me drown
Feeling so overwhelmed and hopeless that even if someone tried to help, it's too late.

Send the boys around
Asking for help to get out of this broken town.

I'm broken down in broken town
Reiterating the feeling of being trapped in a place where everything seems to be falling apart.

My CV says I watch TV
Being unemployed for so long that it's become a part of their identity.

I haven't worked since 1993
Being unemployed for a long period of time.

In broken town where nothing ever works
Describing how the town is always dysfunctional and nothing seems to ever go right.

It get's into your veins and stains your shirts
The negativity and problems of the town being ingrained into the person's life.

Blinds your ambition and kicks it to death
The town destroying a person's dreams and ambitions.

Tunnels into your vision till nothing is left
The town being all-encompassing, taking over a person's life until there's nothing else.

Child overboard, child ignored
Describing how the children are adrift and not receiving the attention they need.

In a children's ward, 1994, 1994
A specific reference to a place and time where things were starting to go wrong in this town.

Life's to short for a life support
Implying that even keeping a hold on life is difficult and not worth it.

That's broken down
Reiterating the fact that things are falling apart and nothing seems to be working.

Misspent youth on the roof of a church
Wasted time and energy on things that are not helpful.

Your birthdays are belated, your toys are dead
Everything in life is not good anymore, even things that should be happy are not.

Board, frustrated and poisoned with lead
Feeling stuck, angry, and sick from the environment around them.

I don't want to stagger into mental health
Being fearful of losing control of one's own emotional wellbeing.

Following a shadow of my former self
Realizing that the town has taken everything from them and they are no longer the person they used to be.

If only I believed that I could break away
Wishing that they had the strength to leave the town.

But I know I'll never leave
Feeling hopeless and resigned to staying in the town forever.

And so I guess, I'll stay forever
Resigned to staying in that broken town with no hope of escape.

Broken down in broken town
Repeating the theme of feeling trapped and hopeless in a town that is in constant decline.