Secret

There's an old train track, goes back by the old mill
 With a most slip away every day to the whiskey still
 And they sell shine by the bottle for a fire every Saturday
 Behind Old Red's Tavern but you didn't hear that from me
 'Cause we all act like we don't know
 Where daddy got his money for a fishing pole
 A Zebco don't come cheap in this day and time
 And we all turn the other way
 'Cause we've got bills that we can't pay
 It's a small town and we know how it goes
 It's just another secret
 That everybody knows
 Old man Rainey spends his days at the local store
 He pays for little but sometimes leaves with more
 But he's always got a story 'bout his boy shipped overseas
 And he hasn't been the same since, so we let him be
 And we all act like we don't know
 That he ain't got nowhere to go
 'Cause he's too proud to beg for a handout
 And we all turn the other way
 'Cause there ain't that much left to say
 It's a small town and we know how it goes
 It's just another secret
 That everybody knows
 Well, this simple life ain't as easy as it sounds
 'Cause we've all got things that we don't talk about
 Jenny had a baby last spring, now she's all alone
 'Cause old man Rainey's boy, he ain't coming home
 Now she drinks from a bottle she got behind Old Red's
 'Cause she can't get the sight of him leaving out of her head
 And we all act like we don't know
 When she comes into Sunday school
 With a smile and baby boy in her arms
 And we all turn the other way
 Say "bless their hearts" and we just pray
 It's a small town and we know how it goes
 It's just another secret
 That everybody knows
 It's just another secret
 That everybody knows
 Hmm