Every time I look I see the chief police.
They run me, they run me all night long.
One with the club and none with the gun.
In my house drinking all come home.
Mr. Walter says, Hey boy,
Your turn, oh, I'm gonna tell you all
I'm gonna leave this town, dear babe
I'm gonna leave this town
When the driver picked question of a name
He called me, but it wasn't my aim
I tried to hide up under the bed
I could hide everything now but my head
I'd have jumped out of that
I'm gonna leave this town, dear babe
When he got me to the city hall,
I began to scream and I began to swallow.
Got unruly when he got me in the jail,
Wasn't but the one thing worried my mind,
But after I found it was all a chance,
I jumped up and began to grin.
I'm gonna leave this town, dear babe,
I'm gonna leave this town.
Till I said, boy, now you can go,
I couldn't hardly wait till
I began to call up over the telephone.
Everybody I called, they wasn't at home.
I had a many friends to call,
but Dr. Bynum beat them all.
I'm gonna leave this town, dear babe,
I'm gonna leave this town.