I don't wanna be in Findlay cause it goes to bed at nine
I don't wanna be in Bowling Green because it's plastered all the time
I don't wanna be in Lima cause there's nothing there to do
I just wanna spend some time with you

I don't wanna be in Cincy cause it smells like burning tires
I don't wanna be in Cleveland cause the lake'll catch on fire
I don't wanna be in Dayton not without a .22
I just wanna spend some time with you oh oh

Well it's so damn hard to find a reason
To stay in this infuriating place
But it's harder still to find a reason to leave oh oh

I don't wanna be in New York cause it's buried under crime
I don't wanna be in Portland where it's raining all the time
I don't wanna be in San Francisco in the early morning dew
I just wanna spend some time with you

I don't wanna be in London cause the skies are always grey
I don't wanna be in Paris cause I don't parles no francais
I don't wanna be in China with a horrifying flu
I just wanna spend some time with you oh oh

It's a rainy Sunday morning in Van Buren
The pious folks all scurry into church
We watch them trudge through the mud and sludge
I guess this place could be a whole lot worse
They say the grass is always greener
On the other side of the county line
But I'll just stay, brown grass is pretty anyway
Cause I just wanna spend some time with you
Spend some time with you