South

I got high in the old oak tree
Looking due north through the green leaves
Sure looks nice, but it ain’t for me
'Cause I haven’t had a job in two years' time
Living every day on my parents' dime
I don’t want to leave this deadbeat life
I’m gonna go south
On the next Greyhound
Travel down to a city where I don’t know a soul
I’m gonna go south
I need to roam
'Cause I can’t grow up if I stay here at home
So I’m gonna go south
I’ll get a ticket at the railroad stop
See every town that the country’s got
Look for myself while I’m out there lost
Maybe I’ll find a Honey with the sharpest tongue
Have me a baby when I’m too damn young
Simple little life where I know I’m loved
I’m gonna go south
On the next Greyhound
Travel down to a city where I don’t know a soul
I’m gonna go south
I need to roam
'Cause I can’t grow up if I stay here at home
So I’m gonna go south
Tennesee, Arkansas, the whole world is in my palms
While I’m young there’s still time
So I’ll cross the county lines
See the lowlands and the pines
Leaving never felt so right
Leaving never felt so right
I’m gonna go south
On the next Greyhound
Travel down to a city where I don’t know a soul
I’m gonna go south
I need to roam
'Cause I can’t grow up if I stay here at home
So I’m gonna go south