Would you believe this blacktop highway
Used to be a one-lane gravel road?
Back when Johnny Cash was just somebody
Daddy went to school with years ago
When the cottonwoods reached to the sky

An´ honeysuckle vine grew all around
My eyes well up with memories
Every time I think about this little ol´ town
´Cause I know there´s bigger cities
Full of all the sights and sounds
Where people live in fear an´ lock their doors
Long before the sun goes down
The drive-in picture show´s been closed for years
No superstores or midi-malls
But everyday I thank the Lord he made Dyess, Arkansas
I used to laugh at all the stories
Daddy´d tell me ´bout the mischief he´d get in
Dream of penny-candy an´ nickel soda-pops
Lord, what a dollar´d buy back then
When livin´ life was picture perfect
Like a Norman Rockwell paintin´ of the South
Lord, I´d give almost anything

To hear my Daddy tell the stories now
He´d say, "I know there´s bigger cities
Full of all the sights and sounds
Where people live in fear an´ lock their doors
Long before the sun goes down
The drive-in picture show´s been closed for years
No superstores or midi-malls
Still, everyday I thank the Lord he made Dyess, Arkansas"
Yes, I know there´s bigger cities
But there ain´t no better town
Folks here don´t live in fear an´ lock their doors
Long before the sun goes down
The population sign ain´t changed in years
I guess it´s destined to be small
But everyday I thank the Lord he made Dyess, Arkansas
Yeah, everyday I thank the Lord he made Dyess, Arkansas