If you're headin' down the highway Down about route ten Get off at the last exit And take it around the bend You'll find a small town But don't go hangin' 'round 'Cause hate lives in a small town 'Least that's what i have found Moms are in the kitchens And they're baking pies They smell so good, they're made to Cover up the smell of lies There in a small town But pies don't cure all ills And hate lives in a small town That's why those moms take pills Well, i went to the big city And everyone was wearing black They saw that in my home town They wouldn't stand for that I saw kids all covered in tattoos With mohawks and purple hair But what really struck me Was no one seemed to care! Well, the knights they beat the badgers When they played down on the square But they saved the biggest beatings For a kid with longish hair They're in a small town That kid was me one year 'Cause hate lives in a small town Moreso if you seem queer The pastors in the pulpit Preaching righteous lies And the congregation, they don't know He slept with all their wives They're in a small town And it's so plain to see That hate lives in a small town As does adultery I went to the big city With my clothes in a pack When i got off at the station There was no turning back I met freaks and creeps and weirdos Loose women and some geeks And they were the nicest gosh darn people I could ever hope to meet When you roll into a small town They're nice as they can be But at night they put on sheets And hang your sad ass from a tree They're in a small town Don't dare be different 'Cause hate lives in a small town Unless you're just like them If you're living in a small town And you feel you're in a vice Just buy yourself a ticket, kid Just take my advice And leave the small town Be quick as you can be Get out of that small town And you'll be free like me