Well they finally put that red light up in the heart of town Took the stop sign down It was shot up anyhow One night I ran right through it in my Chevrolet Both police cars came But I got away It was a boom town back in 62 Til the coal ran out and a dry came through When they damned the river where we all used to fish Population 405 and im 840409 And theres a city limit sign layin in the ditch Run blown over it Deep in metropolis Well I found myself in a big high rise with a concrete yard It aint safe after dark Guess this ol boy drove too far Met a girl, fell in love, got married And shes doin may Says were gonna need more space I say I know just the place Where we can walk down to the country store And we wont even have to lock our doors And you can still get air and water there for free She says that sounds good to me It was a boom town back in 62 Til the coal ran out and a dry came through When they damned the river where we all used to fish Population 404 and when we pull in itll be 3 more And theres a city limit sign layin in the ditch That I need to fix Back in metropolis Almost in metropolis Comin up on metropolis Im back in metroposis
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