Hay & the Dirty Ponies - Dead and Brown Lyrics

The grass is dead and brown
It's dead and brown
The grass is, it's dead and brown, on both sides

Country girl, looking for some trouble
She feels like she's been stuck in the same old little town for too long
Mother says she's crazy
Father says she's dumb
Boyfriend thinks she's lazy
But she don't really love him
She don't really care
Just trying to make some changes
But the neighbors they say

It's dead and brown, on both sides
It's dead and brown
Grass is dead and brown, on both sides
It's dead and brown, so why try

City boy, just trying to find some meaning
He thinks to himself there must be something more to life than this
No one understands him
But he don't really care
Stuck in this state between heaven and hell
Constantly craving, and searching everywhere
Just trying to make some changes
And the principal says

It's dead and brown, on both sides
It's dead and brown
The grass is dead and brown, on both sides
It's dead and brown, so bye bye

Dead and brown, it may well be
But I won't believe it until I see
With my own eyes, my own two feet
They may yet change my destiny

Everybody here, we're all searching for something
The only problem is we can't seem to figure just who what when why where or what
We all wanna be famous, find the fountain of youth
Cheat death and stop aging
Political schemes and Biblical truths
Frantic rearranging
And the radio says

It's dead and brown, on both sides
It's dead and brown
Grass is dead and brown, on both sides
It's dead and brown
It's dead and brown
The grass is dead and brown, on both sides
So I say farewell (dead and brown)
And it's been swell (leaving town)
So what the hell
I still try