Here are the words from Mike Seeger's CD.

THE MAYOR IS A GOOD OLD BOY
(Hank Bradley)

1. My uncle died a month ago and he left it all to me:
Ten acres of old strip-mine ground in the hills of Tennessee,
But the dirt's all gone and the trees won't grow on the stripped out piece of land,
So I think I'll get me a government loan and build me a hot-dog stand.

2. I'll hire a developer and we'll draw a set of plans.
We'll wheel and deal with the zoning board till they play into our hands.
We'll build it out of cinder blocks with a big red neon sign,
And pave the rest for a parking lot Right up to the property line.

3. Now the mayor is a good old boy and a cousin of mine too,
So I got me such a government loan I didn't know what to do.
I built me the grandest hot-dog stand in the state of Tennessee
With fourteen floors of offices and a penthouse just for me.

4. Them offices rented in no time flat to the mayor's favorite crew,
To the police chief and the poodle trimmer and the perfume salesman too,
To the VFW and the IRS which takes my I.O.U.,
To the fax machine and the latte stand and the karaoke too.

5. My neighbor likes to farm the land and he works the clock around,
But me and the mayor and the zoning board knows what's best for this town.
I had him zoned commercial and his taxes went outta hand.
He's bound to sell and I'll buy him out and build another hot-dog stand.