Metropolis

Well they finally put that red light up in the heart of town

Took the stop sign down, it was shot up anyhow

One night I ran right through it, in my Chevrolet

Both police cars came, but I got away

It was a boom town back in ‘62

Till the coal ran out and the drought came though

And they dammed the river that we all use to fish

Population 405 and I made it 404 one night

Left the city limit sign laying in the ditch

Run plum over it

Leaving Metropolis

Well I found myself in a big high rise with a concrete yard

Ain’t safe after dark, guess this old boy drove too far

Met a girl, fell in love, got married and she’s due in May

Says we’re gonna need more space, I said I know just the place

Where we can walk down to the country store and we won’t even have to lock our door

And we can still get air and water there for free

She said, “That sounds good to me.”

It was a boom town back in ‘62

Till the coal ran out and the drought came though

And they dammed the river that we all use to fish

Population 404 and when we pull in it’ll be three more

And there’s a city limit sign laying in the ditch

That I need to fix

Back in Metropolis

Almost in Metropolis

Coming up on Metropolis

I’m back in Metropolis