The East Prairie girls are, are lighting up the night
And they say don't cross the tracks my baby, don't stray from your kind
You better watch out, I said watch yourself for Jimmy tonight
'Cause he's been known to mess with your, with your precious little mind
My feet are, oh they're lifted off the ground
Don't take me down, don't take me down, I said don't take me down
My feet are, oh they're lifted off the ground
Don't take me down, don't take me down, 'cause I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go said I don't wanna go

Yeah crazy old Jimmy, oh all [?] bumped
With the, with the one glass eye you see a shotgun in his arms
And he's been known to keep them, keep them policemen away
But you can't bust me now, 'cause I'm here to stay

And Jimmy, he's drinking again with the crazy look in his eyes
Sitting in his rocking chair with his, with his shotgun by his side
And through [?] eyes he ponders cloudy skies
Not too sure of his life, if it's been bona fide
And he fell awake, oh and then he woke up in a dream
And he slept through, and he slept through his life in between
And my feet are, oh they're lifted off the ground
Don't take me down, don't take me down, 'cause I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go yes I don't wanna go

Yeah crazy old Jimmy, oh all [?] bumped
With one glass eye you see a shotgun in his arms
And he's been known to keep them, oh keep them policemen away
But you can't bust me now, yeah because I'm here to stay
And you can't bust me now, you can't bust me today
Tika-toka-tika-toka-woah-bop, yes, because I'm here to stay
I said you can't bust me now, no you can't bust me today

And he fell awake, oh and then he woke up in a dream
And he slept through, and he slept through his life in between
And my feet are, oh they're lifted off the ground
Don't take me down, don't take me down, 'cause I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go yes I don't wanna go, yeah
Said I don't wanna go, yeah, cause I'm here to stay