Smotherman-Keys & Vocal /
Andrea Zonn -String Arrangement,
Violin & Viola /
Emily Nelson - cello /
Strings recorded by Steve Turner @ Sea Shell studios, Franklin, TN /
Mixed By Andy Baldwin /
Produced by Radigan @ Catherine The Great Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Lyrics
I was passing through
A little hot dusty town
On the Oklahoma/Texas line
Everything was sad and lonesome
And all fallen down
A ghost forgotten in time
Saw an old domino parlor
Had no roof at all
Filled with ravens, and hoot owls, and such
And little piles of tiny white bones
That lay where they fall
Unbothered by human touch
In a busted out window
Of an old grocery store
Dedicated in forty-nine
To the hometown heroes of two foreign wars
Was a faded, hand painted sign
Said come to the drawing on Saturday
There'll be games, there'll be prizes
To give away
Life is good
Business is booming
In small town USA
In small town USA
Around the back
In an alley
Was a mulberry tree
Scarred with sweethearts, and numbers, and names
And at the bottom a little headstone
Looked homemade to me
Said in memory of Glenna and James
Had an old yellow newspaper
Tacked to the trunk
Said Kennedy dies nation grieves
And right underneath said lover's leap jump
Fatal for two local teens
Said come to the drawing on Saturday
There'll be games, there'll be prizes
To give away
Life is good
Business is booming
In small town USA
Where I was born and raised
In small town USA
M. Smotherman/Rowdy Boy Music ASCAP