Six o'clock silence of a new day beginning   Is heard in a small Texas town   Like a signal from nowhere the people who live there   They're up and they're moving around      'Cause there's bacon to fry and there's biscuits to bake   On the stove that the salvation army won't take   You open the windows and you turn on the fan   'Cause it's hotter than hell when the sun hits the land      Now Walter and fanny well they own the grocery   That sells most all that you need   They've been up and working since early this morning   They've got the whole village to feed      Well they put out fresh eggs, they throw bad ones away   That rotted because of the heat yesterday   The store's all dark so you can't see the flies   That settle on 'round steak and last Monday's pies      And sleepy hill's drugstore and the cafe they're open   The coffee is bubbling hot   And all the folks that ain't working gonna sit there 'til sundown   And talk about what they ain't got      Someone just threw a clutch in the old pickup truck   It seems like they've been riding on a streak of bad luck   The doctor bills came and the well has gone dry   Seems their grown kids don't care whether they live or die