Terry Pearson - Shametown Lyrics

There's a town in Northern Alabam
You can walk right in with an empty hand
They'll fill it up with hot desire
You got a spark? You got your fire!
But don't you let 'em know your name
You won't live down the shame
And your own mama will deny
That she even knows you!

Now if your comin' in on the county road
You're gonna pass a bar called The Flattened Toad
You better do your drinkin' fast
Across the street, the sheriff buys his gas
And he'll see your one mistake
You don't have Alabama plates
So "There ain't no parkin' here, son
You jest better git on!"
No stoppin' in Shametown, Sha... ame - town

Well, the best advice that you'll ever hear
Doesn't float too good in a glass of beer
If I were you, I'd turn right around
But if you were me, you'd head straight for town
There's perfume in the air
Like the bait in a trapper's snare
And Ol' Temptation's
Whisperin' in the wind

"Come on into Shametown; take a walk, look around
Let me introduce you to my friend
Buy this, buy that. Double all your money back
Just turn around and sell it again
Here's my lovely daughter. You're lucky that you caught her
She won a blue ribbon for her twirl
She's a cheerleadin' fool, she makes the boys drool
But she's been a lonely girl
If you want to see more, then you use the back door
Cause you live and learn, you live and learn, you live and learn
When you're living in Shametown, Sha.....ame - town

Now, if you're thinkin' of slippin' out of town
You better wait until the sun goes down
There' some won't want to see you go
So let your headlights hit a darkened road
And it's a lonely drive back home
When you've lost everything you own
But you will never convict these
Burglers of your soul
When you're runnin' from Shametown, Sha... ame - town