The wind keeps beating on my window I haven't slept all night That drum just keeps on bangin' They must be buzzin' out their minds Like bees in a hive, tell me when the morning arrives This place is just not for me I say it all the time My friends they just ignore me tell me never mind Waiting all your life on a slumville sunrise Slumville sunrise Nobody cares or looks twice Shine away in the morning across this place I was born in Every bruise every flower illuminated by the dawnin' My face upon the concrete The dirt is in my mouth I clench my fists and feet I'm trying to cry out loud Make a sound, but something is keeping me down This place is just not for me I say it a thousand times My friends they just ignore me tell me never mind Waiting all your life on a slumville sunrise Slumville sunrise Nobody cares or looks twice Shine away in the morning across this place I was born in Every bruise every flower illuminated by the dawnin' This place is just not for me I say it all the time My friends they just ignore me tell me never mind Waiting all your life on a slumville sunrise Slumville sunrise Nobody cares or looks twice Shine away in the morning across this place I was born in Every bruise every flower illuminated by the dawnin'