Walls, MS

I can see you ain't from 'round here
I'd draw a map if you could use it
But all the lost have ever found here
Is some new way not to get to Walls, Mississippi

You're gonna need the nickel tour
If you plan on passing through
That black-n-white brochure of yours
Will surely send you smack into Walls, Mississippi

The sky is up, the grass is brown
It ain't that far to the casino
Every other little town
At least as far as we know is Walls, Mississippi

The school's all shop class and abstinence
And field trips to the prison
Nothing ever happens but
Life and death decisions in Walls, Mississippi

They put a camera in the steeple
That way someone always sees us
Topped the fence with broken stained glass
Ya'll can always visit Jesus in Walls, Mississippi

The sky is up, the grass is brown
It ain't that far to the casino
Every other little town
At least as far as we know is Walls, Mississippi

When all you got is shot or shoddy
Lord, ya hoard a bunch of nothing
Makes it safe to bet somebody
Always up to something in Walls, Mississippi

Can't be a stranger if you're staying
We got a little newsletter
Once the neighbors weigh in
You can get to know you better in Walls, Mississippi

But I wasn't kidding about our starlight
It'll pinpoint the pain until
The pit of you gets starlit and it's
Almost like there ain't no...

About all there is to see
Hope I sure was help to you
If you got nowhere to be
Ya'll are more than welcome to Walls, Mississippi