American Aquarium - Reidsville lyrics

In a town where what you know
Don't make you who you are
It all comes down to the car you drive
Whether you're a Mustang or a Chevrolet man
If you don't know now
You better start choosin' your side
'Cause every Friday night
You'll take her uptown
And line her you on South Scales Street
It looks like a parade on Independence Day
With your homecomin' bride in
The passenger seat

We were too young to know what
This town had in store
We were too much in love to give a goddamn
With expectations high it's always do or die
It seems like our fate's already
Been sealed in reidsville

When I turned eighteen, I sold that car
Traded wheels for a wedding band
A Plymouth hunter-green
Big block with three on the tree
With every nut and bolt turned
By these two hands it was a good start
Then things just got so hard
Where the hell did we fall off track?
Now I work for her dad
And the pay it ain't half bad
Keeps a roof on her head and
The bank off my back

'Cause we were too young to know
What this town had in store
We were too much in love to give a goddamn
With expectations high it's always do or die
It seems like our fate's already
Been sealed in reidsville

That girl of mine
How her eyes they used to shine
Like two rare stones set out on display
We were wild and we were young
And we could take on anyone
Now her eyes are darker
Than a funeral serenade
And I'd burn it down
Every square inch of this town
Just to see one more smile on her face
When it comes my day to die
I wanna look God in the eyes
And ask Him why He gave up on this place

'Cause we were too young to know
What this town had in store
And we were too much in
Love to give a goddamn
With expectations high it's always do or die
It seems like our fate's already
Been sealed in reidsville