If I'd stayed my ass in Etowa County
Wouldn't be sittin' in this Tallahassee jail
Waitin' on my one phone call an' wonderin'
How in the devil I'm gonna make bail
If I make it back home mama, I ain't leavin'
Gonna stay in my own damn neck of the woods
Catch a Greyhound, one way to Alabama
'Cause it's all good in the neighborhood, yeah
It all started when I let this 'ole girl
Talk me into givin' her a ride down south
Figured what the hell, never been to Flo Rida
Jumped in my Trans Am and we tore out
I knew better but I wanted to impress her
She was hot and I was easily led
I kinda saw her as and old school Bonnie
And I was Clyde in my funky little head
If I'd stayed my ass in Etowa County
Wouldn't be sittin' in this Tallahassee jail
Waitin' on my one phone call an' wonderin'
How in the devil I'm gonna make bail
If I make it back home mama, I ain't leavin'
Gonna stay in my own damn neck of the woods
Catch a Greyhound, one way to Alabama
'Cause it's all good in the neighborhood, yeah
She pulled a pistol just north of Pensacola
I said, "Wow, man, is that thing real?"
She let me hold it and right then and there
I fell in love with that cold blue steel
Pulled a couple bank jobs
Ran from a lynch mob
Rollin' gangster for a week or two
The law caught up an I heard them sirens
Saw them blue lights and then I knew
If I'd stayed my ass in Etowa County
Wouldn't be sittin' in this Tallahassee jail
Waitin' on my one phone call an' wonderin'
How in the devil I'm gonna make bail
If I make it back home mama, I ain't leavin'
Gonna stay in my own damn neck of the woods
Catch a Greyhound, one way to Alabama
'Cause it's all good in the neighborhood, yeah
Daddy always told me
"Son, you ain't got sense enough
To get yo' ass in out of the rain"
Reckon he was right, 'cause I'm sittin' here tonight
Wishin' that I'd never ever heard her name
If I'd stayed my ass in Etowa County
Wouldn't be sittin' in this Tallahassee jail
Waitin' on my one phone call an' wonderin'
How in the devil I'm gonna make bail
If I make it back home mama, I ain't leavin'
Gonna stay in my own damn neck of the woods
Catch a Greyhound, one way to Alabama
'Cause it's all good in the neighborhood, yeah
Catch a Greyhound, one way to Alabama
'Cause it's all good in the neighborhood
It's all good