Story Behind The Song
Born of travelling the interior parts of California, witnessing the beautiful emptiness of so many small towns. Jim Stark is James Dean's character in "Rebel Without A Cause". What sounds like a 12-string is actually octaves on a regular 6-string, the way I have to do it on The Records songs ("STARRY EYES", etc.)
Song Description
Stuck in a nowhere place, with nothing to do.
| Song Length |
3:26 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Fast (151 - 170) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Mad |
Subject |
Frustration, Teens |
| Similar Artists |
Tom Petty, The Byrds |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
NOTHIN' TO DO TOWN (J. Rounds)
Tank of gas, case of beer
Lotto card, you got a phone in here
Cash 'em out, sit back down
Four more hours without a sound
Chestnut hair, seventeen
Prettiest girl I've ever seen
She asks directions, I show her the way
There she goes and here I stay
NOTHIN' TO DO TOWN
NOTHIN' TO DO TOWN
NOTHIN' TO DO TOWN
The 10 came through in '73
Closest exit, Joshua Tree
Got the Fair Oaks Mall, got the King Motel
The Church of God, and nothin' else
NOTHIN' TO DO TOWN
NOTHIN' TO DO TOWN
NOTHIN' TO DO TOWN
(And the rivers run dry
Yeah the rivers run dry
And the rivers run dry)
Ride the 10 way over the hill
Start again out in Jacksonville
Someday soon gonna lighten this load
Light a fire like Tobacco Road
NOTHIN' TO DO TOWN
NOTHIN' TO DO TOWN
NOTHIN' TO DO TOWN