Small towns are smaller for girls
You can't play in a big boys world
Dressed up in ribbons and curls
A stop light and a grocery store
She knows there's got to be more

She could put a name to every face
In the town where she was raised
And everybody that she knew
knew every move she made
So she stood behind the backstop
Playing sweet sixteen
While the boys were stealing bases
And reaching from their dreams

Small towns are smaller for girls
You can't play in a big boys world
Dressed up in ribbons and curls
A stop light and a grocery store
She knows there's got to be more
Cause small towns are smaller for girls

She learned to dance around desire
And act like the nice girl act
While the boys found out all about love
With the girls across the tracks
While their souls burned holes
Through the heat of a summer night
She was reading bout New York City
With her daddy's flashlight

Small towns are smaller for girls
You can't play in a big boys world
Dressed up in ribbons and curls
A stop light and a grocery store
She knows there's got to be more
Cause small towns are smaller for girls