Intro - If you're headin' down the highway, down about route ten Get off on the last exit and take it around the bend You'll find a small town But don't go hangin' around (strike once) 'Cos hate lives in a small town 'Least that's what I have found The moms are in the kitchens, and they're baking pies They smell so good, they're made to cover up the smell of lies They're in a small town But pies don't cure all ills (strike once) And hate lives in a small town That's why those moms take pills Well, I went to the big city And everyone was wearing black If they saw that in my home town They wouldn't stand for that I saw kids all covered in tattoos With Mohawks and purple hair (strike once) But what really struck me Was no one seemed to care The Knights they beat the Badgers when they played down in a square But they saved the biggest beating for a kid with longish hair They're in a small town That kid was me one year (strike once) 'Cos hate lives in a small town More so if you seem queer The pastors in the pulpit, preachin' righteous lies And the congregation, they don't know he slept with all their wives They're in a small town And it's clear clear to see (strike once) That hate lives in a small town As does adultery Well, I went to the big city With my clothes in a pack When I got off at the station There was no turning back I met freaks and creeps and weirdos Loose women and some geeks (strike once) And they were the nicest gosh darn people I'd ever hope to meet When you roll into a small town, they're nice as they can be But at night they put on sheets and hang your sad ass from a tree They're in a small town Don't dare be different (strike once) 'Cos hate lives in a small town Unless you're just like them So if you're livin' in a small town and you feel you're in a vice Buy yourself a ticket, kid, hell, just take my advice And leave the small town Be quick as you can be (strike once) Get out of that small town And you'll be free like me End on one strike of