Wipe the footprints off my dash

Tore up those sun-faded photographs

Threw 'em in the wind, ya'll can have it back

I'm outta here

I stuck my middle finger up in the sky

Flipped off that "ya'll come back" sign

Looked in the mirror one last time

And watched it disappear.

It ain't nothin' but a rearview town

Broken hearts and rusted plows

Roots ripped right up out of the ground

Never thought I'd ever leave it

It ain't nothin' what it used to be

Population minus me

On the other side of that dust cloud

Ain't nothin' but a rearview town.

I could tough it out, but what's the use?

A place that small, it's hard to do

Too much of her to run into

And so much road to somewhere new.

It ain't nothin' but a rearview town

Broken hearts and rusted plows

Roots ripped right up out of the ground

Never thought I'd ever leave it

It ain't nothin' what it used to be

Population minus me

On the other side of that dust cloud

Ain't nothin' but a rearview town.

It ain't nothin' but yesterday

One less truck rollin' down main

Ain't nothin' left to say.

It ain't nothin' what it used to be

Population minus me

On the other side of that dust cloud

Ain't nothin' but a rearview town

Ain't nothin' but a rearview town.