[Verse 1]
There's an old train track, goes back by the old mill
Where them boys slip away every day to the whiskey still
They sell 'shine by the bottle for a five every Saturday
Behind Old Red's Tavern, but you didn't hear that from me

[Chorus]
'Cause we all act like we don't know
Where Daddy got his money for a fishin' pole
A Zebco don't come cheap in this day and time
And we all turn the other way
'Cause we've got bills that we can't pay
It's a small town and we know how it goes
It's just another secret that everybody knows

[Verse 2]
Old man Rainey spends his days at the local store
He pays for a little, but sometimes leaves with more
But he's always got a story 'bout his boy shipped overseas
And he hasn't been the same since, so we let him be

[Chorus]
And we all act like we don't know
That he ain't got nowhere to go
'Cause he's too proud to beg for a handout
And we all turn the other way
'Cause there ain't that much left to say
It's a small town and we know how it goes
It's just another secret that everybody knows
[Bridge]
Well, this simple life ain't as easy as it sounds
'Cause we've all got things that we don't talk about

[Verse 3]
Like Jenny had a baby last spring, now she's all alone
'Cause old man Rainey's boy, he ain't comin' home
Now she drinks from a bottle she got behind Old Red's
'Cause she can't get the sight of him leavin' out of her head

[Chorus]
And we all act like we don't know
When she comes into Sunday school
With a smilin' baby boy in her arms
And we all turn the other way
Say, "Bless their hearts" and we just pray
It's a small town and we know how it goes
It's just another secret that everybody knows
It's just another secret that everybody knows