When they carried the radio home
 Bringing him in off the truck
 And the dogs wouldn't leave us alone
 Mr. Radio, you come down here to keep us company

 We listen in a room
 Through the miles and miles of night
 Deep in the heart of the Bible belt
 In the golden radio light
 Mr. Radio, you come down here to keep us company

 And it's hard days out in the field
 The crows in the high tree top
 If a man's away from his home all day
 His chickens might fall to the fox
 Mr. Radio, what can you do about that?
 Uh huh

 And you can take me down to a river town
 Where the citizens dance till dawn
 They dance so close it's a sin almost
 The way they carry on
 Mr. Radio, I never dreamed you could

 And it's miles at the careless touch
 Of a tired hand in time
 When evening fell I heard a strange sell
 Dreams that were never mine
 Mr. Radio, you come down here to keep us company
 You come down here to keep us company