Dirty Town
Mother Mother Lyrics

Don't like livin' in a dirty town
I dislike living in a town that is dirty and polluted.

I don't like livin' in a dirty town
I don't enjoy residing in a town that is unclean and unsanitary.

'Cause a dirty town gets me down
A town that is dirty causes me to feel sad and depressed.

I saved up and I bought some land
I accumulated money so that I could purchase some property of my own.

'Cause I can't stand livin' in a dirty town
I cannot endure the experience of residing in a dirty and unsanitary town.

Yeah, I pinched my pennies and I put 'em down
I saved up my money carefully and then used it to purchase land.

And I washed my hands of a dirty town
I left the polluted town behind and moved to a cleaner environment.

Plant my seeds in the ground
I put my seeds into the soil in order to grow crops.

Yeah, I put 'em down in my newfound land
I planted the seeds in my new property, which I had purchased.

'Cause you can't plant seeds in a dirty town
It is impossible to grow crops in a polluted and unsanitary town.

I'm choppin' firewood, choppin' firewood
I am cutting up logs into smaller pieces for kindling.

Chop, chop, chop
I am slicing through the logs with a heavy implement.

Just like a country boy should be chopping wood
I am performing a task that is typically associated with rural, rustic lifestyles.

My kindling sticks are the perfect little width
I have fashioned my kindling into the ideal size for starting a fire.

Get gone from a dirty town
I am leaving the unsanitary town behind and moving elsewhere.

Everybody now
I am urging everyone to follow me and leave the dirty town as well.

(Oh-oh-oh)
A vocalization without explicit meaning.

A-a-a-all I need is a chicken wire and a chicken feed
I require only simple supplies in order to start a small farm or raise some livestock.

And a-a-a-a-all I see is a newfound land fertility, yeah
My newly acquired farmland appears to be fertile and promising for agriculture.

My lady friend, oh, she don't need to pretend
My female companion is genuine and authentic, without the need for pretense.

She cracks the crack of dawn with her crackin' whip
She arises early in the morning and energetically goes about her daily chores, such as tending to livestock.

Crackity
An onomatopoeic expression indicating the sound of a whip cracking.

We having fun just makin' little chillun
We are enjoying the simple pleasures of family life and raising children.

My government, aw, he ain't made of cement
The governing body in my area is flexible and open to change, as opposed to being rigid and inflexible.

We get along singing good ol' country songs
We find common ground and unity through our shared love of traditional rural musical styles.

Ol' Guthrie
A reference to Woody Guthrie, an American folk singer-songwriter.

My bank account is a shoe box in the ground
I do not have much money and keep my small stash in a simple container, such as a shoe box.

And empty
The shoe box in the ground contains no money or valuables.

Get gone from a dirty town (dirty)
I am leaving the unpleasant and polluted town behind.

Get gone from a dirty town (town)
I am departing the unsanitary and unappealing urban environment for a more rural and natural one.