Little River Town

Chrysteen and Billy called small town trash Swore to the mighty Mississippi that it wouldn't last They got married on a hot, late summer day And borrowed fifty dollars, then drove away He got a job at a factory way up north Where he worked all week just to wind up short They took what little they had and they moved back south And farmed for old man Thomas then bought him out Surviving in a river town, where they call home Well the farm got big and the kids grew fast And they worked on up to another class Oh but the money in their pockets didn't mean a thing Said they were gonna leave the world with a good last name Oh that little river town is all they've known Well I saw Chrysteen the other day When I laid right down beside her grave I said hey little lady you've been gone too long Look at your grandbaby now she's writing songs Oh that little river town is all they've known