Shawn Mullins

My name's Billy Jo Mckay
I just turned 16 yesterday
I'm gonna get the nerve one day to get outta here
My ma passed on 3 years ago they said
It was cancer and it took her slow
And ever since then
I've been sayin no to my daddy and my tears
Now when you come down our road
You gotta watch the bump
Right there across from the garbage dump
You can find me outback, jumpin on the trampoline
And in the springtime we'll be skippin school
We sneak off to the cantralls swimming pool
Man you can't get much cooler
Than me and my friend Darlene
Now my grandaddys hands are worn
From 50 years of growin corn
Back behind the house where I was born
Before he had to sell
And my cousin Eddie
He got shot in a Walmart parkin lot
This little town's changed alot
He said it hurt like hell
My name's Billy Jo Mckay
It's a hot Mississippi summer Saturday
Daddy's on the front porch with uncle Dave
Drinkin dixie beer
16 years of bein bored
My windows open, forget the door
Hope there's some gas in the old mans ford
Cause I'm outta here
I'm outta here I'm outta here
Maybe I'll go down to Biloxi
Or maybe to New Orleans
Or maybe hotlanta