[ Featuring The Savage Radley ]
Chrysteen and Billy called small town trash
Swore to the mighty Mississippi that it wouldn't last
They got married on a hot, late summer day
And borrowed fifty dollars, then drove away
He got a job at a factory way up north
Where he worked all week just to wind up short
They took what little they had and they moved back south
And farmed for old man Thomas then bought him out
Surviving in a river town, where they call home
Well the farm got big and the kids grew fast
And they worked on up to another class
Oh but the money in their pockets didn't mean a thing
Said they were gonna leave the world with a good last name
Oh that little river town is all they've known
Well I saw Chrysteen the other day
When I laid right down beside her grave
I said hey little lady you've been gone too long
Look at your grandbaby now she's writing songs
Oh that little river town is all they've known
