My Town

i live in a nondescript small little town
where the sun comes up and the sun goes down
we got mcdonald’s and a walmart
but no more downtown
i guess that you’ve probably been there

where everything’s franchise, so everything sells
for five pennies less, the stuff flies off the shelves
now everything here’s just like everything else
so i guess that you’ve probably been there

you’ve probably been to my town
my town, my town

where we’re all out of shape ‘cause we don’t go outside
yet we all have three cars from which to decide
‘cause why should you walk a block when you could ride
and i guess that you’ve probably been there

and with satellite you can get so much TV
what does it matter that there’s nothing to see
we pirate the cable so we get it all for free
and i guess that you’ve probably been there

where we talk about high school as if we’re still there
but it’s been 20 years, yet we seem unaware
and if we learned something, we don’t remember or care
and i guess that you’ve probably been there

we don’t trust anyone who’s not from here
all the locals supply all our cocaine and beer
and anyone different is probably queer
and I guess that you’ve probably been there

© David Stoddard 2003