No Town

There ain't no stoplight in the town where I grew up

Everyone knows everything, everyone knows too much

You can watch the sunset or football on Friday night

Till you waste away on an oil rig for the rest of your life

It ain't a town built for staying

But there ain't nowhere to run

It's like I'm trapped inside the waiting

With my back against the wall

There ain't no place like home

This hometown ain't no town at all

All my best friends talk about their plans

How they don't want their daddy's lives, don't want their daddy's hands

I'm chasing something they ain't never seen

Strumming out these stories hiding in a six string

It ain't a town built for staying

But there ain't nowhere to run

It's like I'm trapped inside the waiting

With my back against the wall

There ain't no place like home

This hometown ain't no town at all

I wave goodbye, until we meet again

Roots in the red dirt, but my heart is in the wind