Flat River, MO, Flat River, MO.
 It's been a many a day since I watched her waters flow
 If I ain't a got the money to pay
 I'm gonna walk every step of the way
 Cause I gotta go, back to Flat River, MO.

 The clothes on my back have been friends with the ground too long
 And my foolish dream of wealth and fame is gone
 Each day the hand of failure, wakes me up at the break of dawn
 and tells me to go back home to Flat River, MO.

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 I wonder, if Mary's heart has ventured and grown fond
 I wonder, if the baby calls her Mom
 At night when the city lights and neon signs come on
 they don't shine like the moon back home over Flat River, MO.

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