There is a small town in a southern state Where folks go when they're trying to get away Where there is no one around you to hear your heart break When you're lonely And years ago, you know, a man came here He was running from a memory held dear From a time when home seemed almost near And things were better And it's been so long now since we've seen a drop of rain And our heads hang low, we're just looking for someone to blame Well you can rob a man of his silver and his gold And his body and mind, and his will to grow old But she robbed him of his heart and left him in the cold In the winter But he wasn't clean himself, see, he took her lover's life After the other man had gone and taken his wife And it's a damn shame the stranger had to die But he did And it's been so long now since we've seen a drop of rain And our heads hang low, we're just looking for someone to blame Now the people came, and they hanged him long ago And he's buried in a place where everybody knows And the clouds are still even when the wind blows But still no rain And it's been so long now since we've seen a drop of rain And our heads hang low, we're just looking for someone to blame But it's been so long now since we've seen a drop of rain