They got you picking lies out of cocaine Pluggin' up the holes in your brain Wonderin' when it's all gon' change Naming all the demons you've slain Well, Lefty killed the law at the door Hopin' that there wouldn't be no more Too bad ten came to settle the score He just didn't seem to care anymore And it don't change these inward dreams Southern despair, it blooms haggard schemes 'Cause when you're faced with that awful chore Well, don't implore your darkest sore I been there before ♪ Well, Noah cut steel for the town It was just enough to keep it all down The county ran it in the damn ground Now he's gotta hold up stores, or he'll drown ♪ Well, Barbara thought Ted would shoot straight Chompin' right out of the Riverbend gate But he was just there to take her faith On the next bus with a kid on the way And it don't change these inward dreams Southern despair, it blooms haggard schemes 'Cause when you're faced with that awful chore Well, don't implore your darkest sore I been there before And don't implore your darkest sore I been there before