The radio is busted 
Down around my place 
Every tool is rusted 
Down around my place 

The creeks and rivers dried up 
Down around my place 
My woman's tears are cried up 
Down around my place 

And before there came a flood 
Some lost all even blood 
Now the sun and wind have come 
And left no trace down around my place 
Down around my place 

These hunting grounds were hallowed 
Down around my place 
Exhausted fields lay fallow 
Down around my place 

Kingdoms come and crumbled 
Down around my place 
My prayers are merely mumbled 
Down around my place 

And I put my faith in you 
Did you make that error too? 
Bound to fail that he might show his grace 
Down around my place 
Down around my place 
Down around my place 

Said you wouldn't believe 
What a paradise this was 
Till every Adam and Eve, Tom, Dick and Harry 
Started fighting for what he loved 

Still we fortified the ramparts 
And we built the mighty towers 
But it was plain to see we never were free 
From the tyranny of the hour 

Family graves keep winking 
Down around my place 
At every thought I'm thinking 
Down around my place 

While the young ones crowd the table 
Down around my place 
They're bitching about no cable 
Down around my place 

And my grandpa says, "Don't worry" 
It's always the last one in who's in a hurry 
To try and slam the door in the next one's face 
Down around my place 

Down around my place 
Down around my place 
Down around my place 
Down around my place