Song Description

A humorous look at trying to keep a small town way of life from going away.

Lyrics

Keep this Place Off the Map


V1:
Well, this tiny Texas valley, is unknown by Rand McNally
'coz it's just some cabins nestled in the dunes
highway signs are sprayed with buckshot, and the only local truckstop
is ole Sarge's one booth, two stool greasy spoon
and his army recipes for bread and buns
keeps those that ain't accustomed on the run

Chorus:
And ev'rybody speaks in country grammar
all the cowgirls have a blue jean glamour
the old men, dippin' Copenhagen
sure miss Ronald Reagan
and the sheriff takes his nap, sittin' out at the speed trap
some folks won't understand us, cos we sure do our damndest
workin' hard to keep this place off the map

V2:
Got no Google shares or tech stocks, got no satellite or X-Box
so I take my girlfriend out where nature sings
drinkin' homemade wine and RockStar, in an old abandoned box star
moonlight skinny dipping in the desert springs
Shady bankers came to put a highway through
but Granny Thompson scared them off, with her .22

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
well there's 25 boys in our high school
and they got a football team this year
those boys're great, they'll make it straight to state
then the world'll know we're here

Repeat Chorus


Coyright 2011 by Robert George & Cameron Earnshaw