Dexter: The W's
Dexter was this little town my family used to live in
All my kin lived real close and everyone had an opinion
Grandma and gramps lived up the street, right next to the walnut tree
Grandpa died of Parkinson’s in 1983
Riding on the go-cart at my next door neighbor’s house
I couldn’t tell the brake pedal from the cavities in his mouth
Ran right over his dog and cat as the wheels left the ground
I didn’t know that a tree could make such a resonating sound
Trips in the ambulance are like rides at the county fair
Needles, shots and setting bones, anyone can bare
Hospitals smell real good and HBO is free
Dexter town is simple people, just like you and me
Thanksgiving was at Rooster’s house on a cold holiday
I was voting turkey, but we had chicken anyway
Never thought that I’d get sick but the bird had its reasoning
Nothing I’d say quite like good ol’ salmonella poisoning
Trips in the ambulance are like rides at the county fair
Needles, shots and setting bones, anyone can bare
Hospitals smell real good and HBO is free
Dexter town is simple people, just like you and me
Jenkin’s were some strange folks who lived on down the street
Mobile homes and pickup trucks, they were all some kind of freaks
Jimmy, he could fix a car but he couldn’t read a book
High school taught him noth’n a 350 V-8 wouldn’t
Trips in the ambulance are like rides at the county fair
Needles, shots and setting bones, anyone can bare
Hospitals smell real good and HBO is free
Dexter town is simple people, just like you and me
