well my daddy didn t pull out but he never apologized rock and roll means well but it can t help tellin young boys lies a baby on the way s a good enough reason to get you out alive get you out without having to swallow any pride all my friends are restless all they do is talk it down two or eight lanes it don t matter it s just another town there s a fool on every corner on every street in everyone and i d rather be your fool nowhere than go somewhere and be no one s so marry me sweet thing won t you marry me your mama thinks i beat anything she s ever seen well this old town s alright with me there s nowhere i d rather be long as they stay mad at one another they can t get mad at me every time i leave here something bad happens to me like a busted hand or finding some man laying where i sleep she don t mean nothin to me that s just how it goes round here it s a cartoon town i played my part and i ain t spoke her name in years so marry me sweet thing won t you marry me your mama thinks i beat anything she s ever seen well this old town s alright with me there s nowhere i d rather be long as they stay mad at one another well they can t get mad at me let s go i don t want anything i done to be nobody s fault even if they got more money and mouth than they got balls that s just how it went down right or wrong it s just that way and just cause i don t run my mouth don t mean i got nothing to say so marry me sweet thing won t you marry me your momma thinks i beat anything she s ever seen this old town s alright with me there s nowhere i d rather be long as they stay mad at one another they can t get mad at me  so marry me sweet thing won t you marry me marry me sweet thing won t you marry me 