Dead Or Gone To Dallas

Once upon a time, this was the all-American town

Kinda place you live your whole life with both your feet on the ground

Never met a stranger when you're walking down the street

Made the kinda memories you keep

Now everybody's dead or gone to Dallas

And I don't know why I'm hanging around

Now my daddy met my mama at a dance in the high school gym

He was in love at first sight, but she wasn't so sure about him

Well, then my sister come along and me after that

More cousins you can shake a stick at

Now everybody's dead or gone to Dallas

And I reckon I'ma following them

It used to be you didn't need to go anywhere

Further than the county line

Everything anybody needed was here

Unless you're just a rambling kind

(Whoa there)

Once they shut the sawmill and the creamery down

It didn't take a genius to know

You're gonna get a job and then you're headed outta town

Ain't but just one way to go

Well, there used to be a grocery on Main Street and afive-and-dime

A pharmacy, a funeral home, an old building supply

Take a wild guess which of them'll survive

'Til there ain't nobody left alive

Now everybody's dead or gone to Dallas

And I know it's just a matter of time

Yeah, dead or gone to Dallas

And some are further down the line