Past the fields of his dreams all the cars drove

Ninety to nothin' towards town

He'd wave and he'd watch and he'd wonder

Then the dust would all settle back down

Well ain't nothin' out there but an old drive in screen

Where Elizabeth Taylor was queen

And like the rest she quit comin' around

To the outskirts of town



They say there's so much out there for you

Maybe he never will know

The buses they load up the dreamers

But leavin' was to far to go

Washed in the blood and surrounded

By the land and the love he had known

Now he'll plant his dreams in the ground

On the outskirts of town



Chorus

On the outskirts of town he's livin' a dream

Where they weather their storms

Praying down on the their knees

And they hold to each other 'cause they know what they found

On the outskirts of town



He looks past the fields at the sun rise

Watchin' the stars as they fade

He sits on the hood of his pick-up

Thinkin' that he's got it made

Because the prettiest girl that he's ever seen

Lives up the road just a piece

And they're talkin' about settling down

On the outskirts of town



Chorus



On the outskirts of town

On the outskirts of town