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 streets, right next to the walnut tree
Grandpa died of parkinsons in 1983
Riding on the go-cart, at my next door neighbors 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
Didn't you know a tree could make suck a resonating sound
Trips in the ambulance are 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 are 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
Jenkins were some strange folks, who lived down the street
Mobile homes and pickup trucks, they were all some kind of freaks
Jimmy, he could fix cars but he couldn't read a book
High school taught him noth'n a 350 V-8 wouldn't
Trips in the ambulance are 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