Well, the day Carlene went from blonde to green, everybody lost their minds Then poor Steve got a tattoo sleeve, they swear that he's gonna do time If somebody's cheatin', thinkin' it's a secret, man, they're thinkin' wrong It's gonna hit the press, then everybody says, how they knew it all along No, you can't run from it You don't want none of it If you stick around here, you can't steer clear You're gonna get some of it I'm tellin' y'all that eventually You're bound to be steppin' in that small-town bullshit When you graduate with 28 kids in your senior high It ain't hard to say who's to really blame for Katie's two pink lines Everybody thinks he oughta buy her a ring, before her daddy knows 'Cause if he don't, man, he's a dead man and boy, she's startin' to show No, you can't run from it You don't want none of it If you stick around here, you can't steer clear You're gonna get some of it I'm tellin' y'all that eventually You're bound to be steppin' in that small-town bullshit Or step 'round ♪ No, you can't run from it And you don't want none of it If you plant your roots, you better watch your boots There's gonna be a ton of it I'm tellin' y'all that eventually You're bound to be steppin' in that small-town bullshit In that small-town bullshit