Red ribbons hang in a Tennessee square   Old people laughing and singing and dancing down there      I'd like to join 'em, 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