[Verse 1]
Weeds blow tall on the broken train tracks
Ruby draws, we're fixin' to get high
Maybe we'll hit the bluffs and find ourselves the same old rum

[Chorus]
But everybody says this place is beautiful
And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
But everything's the same, this town is pitiful
And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly

[Post-Chorus]
Life goes by
On a Talihina sky

[Verse 2]
The hopped up boys are lookin' for their trouble
The knocked up girls, well, they've all got their share
Ruby seems out of her mind, swears she won't give in this time

[Chorus]
But everybody says this place is beautiful
And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
But everything's the same, this town is pitiful
And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly
[Post-Chorus]
Life goes by
On a Talihina sky
Life goes by
On a Talihina sky

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
But everybody says this place is beautiful
And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
But everything's the same, this towns grown pitiful
And I'll be getting out as soon as I can fly

[Post-Chorus]
Life goes by
On a Talihina sky
Life goes by
On a Talihina sky