Everybody's gone away
Leave this town, not gonna stay-ay-ay-ay
There's not a soul I know around
Everybody's leavin' town

Some caught a freight
Some caught a plane
Find the sunshine
Leave the rai-ai-ai-ain
They said this town
Will waste your time
I guess they're right
It's wastin' mine

Some gotta win
Some gotta lo-o-o-ose
Good Time Charlie's got the blues

You know my heart
Keeps tellin' me
You're not a kid
At thirty-three-ee-ee-ee
You play around
You lose your wife
You play too long
You lose your life

I got my pills to ease the pain
Can't find a thing to ease the rai-ai-ai-ain
I'd love to try and settle down
But everybody's leavin' town

Some gotta win
Some gotta lo-o-o-ose
Good Time Charlie's got the blu