Steubenville

I went down to the diner with nothing else to do

The muck of the refinery all over my shoes

The waitress was new, someone I had not met

Her face looked like a smoked cigarette

I wanted to eat a heart attack on a plate

Let the cholesterol chase my blues away

This is a town of Chinese made American flags

This is a town half buried in plastic bags

This is a town so down the Family Dollar died

This is a one horse town with no source of pride

The waitress said that'll be twelve dollars please 

For a slab of sad pork with mac and cheese

I peeled off my last twenty, put it in her hand

And ventured off into the promised land

You can drive and drive for miles ahead 

It don't matter cuz the dinosaurs are already dead

This is a town where churches outnumber bars 

This is a town without no foreign cars

This is a town where eyes watch you walk on by

This is a town where dreams all go to die

I cashed my last paycheck at the corner store

I dropped a lottery ticket on the filthy floor

I gassed up the Impala, cranked the radio loud

Hit the gas, bit the dust as I raised a cloud

Gonna drive till the sunshine burns a hole in my face

Gonna drive far away from this forsaken place

This is a town that won't let you change your fate

This is a town where you stay till it's far too late

This is a town built on a corporate lie

This is a town where all dreams go to die

Set to music by Mike List, hopefully video forthcoming