well if you ever want to get depressed just come to this town nothing to do from dinner to breakfast in this town four street lights and one old grocery i ain t long to stay here no siree i m bound to catch the next greyhound leavin this town i ve seen towns but no town s as bad as this town it don t take long to feel lowdown in this town soon cotton s gone opened up and i m gonna pick it just long enough to make enough to buy myself a ticket i m bound to catch the next greyhound leavin this town here i stand on the dusty road leavin this town a hoping that dog ain t got a full load leavin this town the state built new routes just for travel they got the pavement and we got the gravel that s the reason everythin s dying around here in this town well there s lots of sunshine very little hay in this town the mail don t run but every other day in this town four street lights and one old grocery i ain t long to stay here no siree i m bound to catch the next greyhound leavin this town well we don t reap we don t sow in this town things are so bad that the weeds won t grow in this town one two three four five six seven this town can go to one place i m goin to heaven i m bound to catch the next greyhound leavin this town 