And the lights all went out in Massachusetts Feel I'm goin' back to Massachusetts Something's telling me I must go home The day I left her standing on her own Tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco Gotta do the things I wanna do They brought me back to

The night they drove old Dixie down And all the bells were ringin' And all the people were singin' They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na" "This is the last song Thank you, thank you, thank you You've been a true delight"

Grandma take me home Mom and dad went to a show They dropped me off at Grandpa Joe's I kicked and screamed, said please don't go Had to eat my dinner there Mashed potatos and stuff like that I couldn't chew my meat too good She said, well, don't you

Happy little day, Jimmy went away Met his little Jenny on a public holiday A happy pair they made, so decorously laid 'Neath the gay illuminations all along the promenade "It's so good to know there's still a little magic in the air I'll weave my spell"

They sat in an abandoned luncheonette Sipping imaginary cola and drawing faces in the tabletop dust His voice was rusty from years as a sergeant on "this man's army" They were old and crusty She was twenty when the diner was a baby He was the dishwasher,

And the lights all went out in Massachusetts Feel I'm goin' back to Massachusetts Something's telling me I must go home The day I left her standing on her own Tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco Gotta do the things I wanna do They brought me back to

The night they drove old Dixie down Na, na, na, na, na, na, na And all the people were singin' they went All the bells were ringing All them bells were ringing Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and

The night they drove old Dixie down Na, na, na, na, na, na, na And all the people were singin' they went All the bells were ringing All them bells were ringing Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and

The night they drove old Dixie down And all the bells were ringin' And all the people were singin' They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na" Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train 'Til so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again In the

When anything went right When anything went wrong What happened in their lives? What happened in their hearts? To make them want to write the words Gonna tear this world apart The beauty of their lives Is when they're dead and gone