Well they finally put that red light up in the heart of town  Took the stop sign down, it was shot up anyhow  One night I ran right through it in my Chevrolet  Both police cars came, but I got away    It was a boomtown back in'62, 'til the coal ran out  And a drought came through, and they dammed the river  That we all used to fish  Population 405 and I made it 404 one night  And left the city limit sign layin' in the ditch  Run plumb over it, leavin' Metropolis    Well, I found myself in a big high-rise with a concrete yard  It ain't safe after dark, guess this ol' boy drove too far  Met a girl, fell in love, got married and she's due in May  Says we're gonna need more space, I said I know just the place    Where we can walk down to the country store  And we won't even have to lock our door  We can still get air and water there for free  She said that sounds good to me    It was a boomtown back in '62, 'til the coal ran out  And a drought came through, and they dammed the river  That we all used to fish  Poupulation 404 and when we pull in it'll be 3 more  And there's a city limit sign layin' in the ditch  That I need to fix, back in Metropolis  I'm almost in Metropolis  And I'm back in Metropolis