[Verse 1]
Saw a Cadillac for the first time yesterday
I'd always seen horses, buggies, bales of hay
'Cause progress here don't move with modern times
There's nothing to steal, so there's not a great deal of crime (Oh, oh)

[Verse 2]
It sure is hell living in a one horse town
There's half a mile of Alabama mud bed ground
Nothing much doing of an afternoon
Unless you're sitting in a rocking chair just picking a tune (Oh, oh)

[Bridge]
And they ain't too well acquainted with the Stars and Stripes
But if you wanna hear Susanna then they'll pick all night
They'll pick all night

[Verse 3]
'Cause no dice living in a one horse town
Laid back, as my old coon hound
And I just can't wait to get out of this one horse town
Nothing to steal because there's simply nothing much around (Oh, oh)

[Bridge]
And they ain't too well acquainted with the Stars and Stripes
But if you wanna hear Susanna then they'll pick all night
They'll pick all night
[Verse 4]
Sure is hell living in this one horse town
There's half a mile of Alabama mud bed ground
And I just can't wait to grow out of this one horse town
There's nothing to steal 'cause there's nothing much around (Oh, oh)