I don't wanna be in Findlay cuz it goes to bed at nine I don't wanna be in Bowling Green cuz it's plastered all the time I don't wanna be in Lima cuz there's nothing there to do I just wanna spend some time with you
I don't wanna be in Cincy cuz it smells like burning tires I don't wanna be in in Cleveland cuz the lake'll catch on fire I don't wanna be in Dayton, not without a .22 I just wanna spend some time with you
Well it's so damn hard to find a reason To stay in this infuriating place But it's harder still, to find a reason to leave
I don't wanna be in New York cuz it's buried under grime I don't wanna be in Portland where it's raining all the time I don't wanna be in San Francisco in the early morning dew I just wanna spend some time with you
I don't wanna be in London cuz the skies are always gray I don't wanna be in Paris cuz I don't parlez no francais I don't wanna be in China with a horrifying flu I just wanna spend some time with you
It's a rainy Sunday morning in Van Buren The pious folks all scurry into church We watch them trudge through the mud and sludge I guess this place could be a whole lot worse
They say the grass is always greener On the other side of the county line But I'll just stay, brown grass is pretty anyway Cuz I just wanna spend some time with you