red ribbons hang in a tennessee square old people laughing and singing and dancing down there i'd like to join them, i got no money to spare so i sit here and watch from the porch drinkin whiskey in granddaddy's chair. ferris wheel lights look like pictures i'd seen in a book somewhere vacant parking lots across the street remind me i'm going nowhere i'd like to join 'em, i got no money to spare so i sit here and i watch from the porch drinkin whiskey in granddaddy's chair it's difficult to go on knowing you're out there somewhere vacant parking lots across the street remind me i'm going nowhere