Dexter Lyrics

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 Parkinsons in 1983

Riding on the gocart at my next door neighbor's house
I couldn't tell the brake peddle from the cavities in his mouth
Ran right over his dog and cat as the wheels left the ground
I didn't know a tree could make such a resonating sound

Trips in the ambulance 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 a Roosters 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' salmanella poisoning"

Trips in the ambulance 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

The Jenkins 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 that an old 350 V-8 wouldn't


Trips in the ambulance 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