The pool hall’s down to a couple crooked cues And they’re out of chalk I’m of tired of hearing all of these old man wasting time With their civil war talk The high school football team lost every game The citys welcome sign needs more than just a little paint If she wants this town She can have mainstreet, dairy queen, every memory If she wants this town She can take the one stop light Five in dime, all she left behind I’m leving, she can come back now If she wants this town My grand-daddy built the old courthouse steps Where we had our first kiss I can still see us skipping stones Underneath the summit country bridge And for a hundred twenty years this place has never changed But for this empty man It will never be the same If she wants this town She can have mainstreet, dairy queen, every memory If she wants this town She can take the one stop light Five in dime, all she left behind I’m leving, she can come back now If she wants this town Oh, there’s one road in, one road out One way this could go So if you see her, let her know If she wants this town She can burn it to the ground, burn it to the ground If she wants this town She can have mainstreet, dairy queen, every memory If she wants this town She can take the one stop light Five in dime, all she left behind I’m leving, she can come back now If she wants this town