Metropolis

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, we all used to fish Population 4O5 and I'm 84 O419, I left 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 ain't safe after dark, guess, this ol' boy drove too far Met a girl fell in love, got married and she's due in May Say's, we're gonna need more space by sayin' I know just the place Where we can walk down to the country store And we won't 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 And they damned the river, we all used to fish Population 4O4 and when we pull in it'll be 3 more And there's a city limit sign, layin' in the ditch That I need to fix, back in metropolis Almost in metropolis Comin' up on metropolis I'm back in metropolis