Decatur

Been hanging around this old town
Yes I've been here before
Now I'm done with Decatur
And I'm kicking down my door

To move on out a-westward
Oh yea, movin' on out a-westward

Been hanging around ole 'bama
Yes-a I've been here too long
Hell'a lot better than Mississippa
But still too many nights spent on the floor

With them low a-down blues
Oh I'm broke and blue an I ain't got nothing to do
(Oh those low down blues)

I thought I knew how to leave
Thought I knew how to get out

But this town is keepin' me
And it (won't stop!) followin me around

I worked so hard for nothin
Just to give it all away
Alimony! The Tax Man say
Son don't make us do this the hard way

Don't I know that this town is killing me
Like a million cuts over 30 years, slowly

My ma she ain't no bum
My pa he dug the land
Now the years have taken their toll
If you're asking how, well you won't understand

Oh do you get this mess that we're in?
We got nothin to sit on but needles and pins

I thought I knew how to leave
Thought I knew how to get out

But this town is keepin' me
And it (won't stop!) followin me around

I gotta leave this damn place
Before I lose my mind
Thought I knew how to erase
All those demons bottled up inside

Been hanging around this old town
Yes I've been here before
Now I'm done with Decatur
And I'm kicking down my door

To move on out westward
Oh yea, movin' on out westward