Mile back off the interstate Minute past the stop and go There's a place just off the map Across the tracks that nobody knows Except the locals and lost And the crooked county cops Most don't make it past gettin gas And gettin back on the road I love and hate this place Some things never change The dinner bell, the bible and the belt And the sweet sound Of the engine pistons gunnin' The distant highway hummin' Like it did, when we said we'd make it out Of this ole turn around town Used race the two lane From the exit to the end of the line Slowing by the coffee shop where the cops hang out at night Oh i remember 18, seemed like every other night I made it to the edge of town, turned around too many times I love and hate this place Some things never change The dinner bell, the bible and the belt And the sweet sound Of the engine pistons gunnin' The distant highway hummin' Like it did, when we said we'd make it out Of this ole turn around town I love and hate this place Some things never change The dinner bell, the bible and the belt And the sweet sound Of the engine pistons gunnin' The distant highway hummin' Like it did, when we said we'd make it out Of this ole turn around town