cabbagetown

my granddaddy was raised up in the hills

in '29 he came down

he used to ride to atlanta

got a job in a cotton mill

but everybody called it cabbagetown

oh-oh-oh

cabbagetown

the handpainted sign said cabbagetown

he met my grandma

when she was just sixteen

they'd spin old no. 7

on the second floor

they grew a little garden

they started a family

they owed all their pay

to the ray jay store

oh-oh-oh

cabbagetown

never been out of cabbagetown

oh-oh-oh

cabbagetown

what goes up

will come down

when they finally closed

the shadows fell

covered cabbagetown

like a dirty vail. woke up this morning

my eyes were filled with tears

i was dreaming of grandpa

in forty some odd years

now the mountains call to me

a lonely soulful sound

once i leave here

i ain't coming back to cabbagetown

oh-oh-oh

cabbagetown

you better stay away

when the sun goes down

oh-oh-oh

cabbagetown

i'm never goin' back to cabbagetown

no

i'm never goin' back to cabbagetown

ah

one more time

i'm never goin' back to cabbagetown. no

no