She was lit up like Times Square on New Years Eve Rolling down the avenue crashing in the streets No ove ever told her that things could get rough Trying to be a model actress working in a restaurant If the Cocaine don't kill her the pills probably will Never seem to have a problem getting the prescriptions filled There's a red one to calm you down and there's a yellow one that brings you back around It's all part of a Small Town Tragedy Billy was an honest man until he got caught Selling to a businessman who turned out to be a cop He did a little planning how he'd buy a car Selling little baggies to strangers at the bar There's a green one to calm you down and there's a brown one that sends you right downtown It's all part of a Small Town Tragedy Well Shelly has a little boy who will never know his dad Never get to have the things other children have So she's dancing at the truck stop just to pay the bills Nasty little habit she once called cheap thrills There's a red one to calm you down and there's another one that brings you back around It's all part of a Small Town Tragedy She was lit up like Times Square on New Years Eve Swerving down the avenue crashing in the streets If the Cocaine don't kill her the pills probably will Never seem to have a problem paying them doctor's bills There's a red one to calm you down and there's yellow one that brings you back around It's all part of a Small Town Tragedy Take the blue one to knock you out Watch out for the purple one that makes you talk real loud It's all part of a Small Town Tragedy Yeah, It's all part of a Small Town Tragedy8 Yeah It's all part of a Small Town Tragedy It's all part of a Small Town Tragedy