This Town - JJ Cale

This town I live in ain’t fit for man or beast

This town I live in ain’t fit for man or beast

There’s a man down here, a man down there

They all want to rob you or take you somewhere

This town I live in ain’t fit for man or beast

I’m going down to the store, boy

And get myself a dog

I’m going down to the store, boy

And get myself a dog

I’m going to chain, chain, chain him

Up to my fence

Make him bark, bark, bark

Understand my French

I’m going down to the store, boy

And get myself a dog

If I had a hundred dollars

I’d buy myself a gun

If I had a hundred dollars

I’d buy myself a gun

I’d stick it out the door

And wait for an attack

I’ll need somebody just to cover my back

If I had a hundred dollars

I’d buy myself a gun

The moral of the story

You better watch where you go

The moral of the story, boy

You better watch out where you go

They’ll get you in the morning

They’ll get you at night

Some, then want to rob you

But most, they want to fight

This town I live in, I got to go

This town I live in

This town I live in, I got to go