There's a crooked streetnIn Houston townnIt's a well born pathnI've traveled downnNow there's ruin in my namenI wish I never got off the trainnI wished I'd listenednTo the words you saidnn[Chorus]nDon't go down to Fannin StreetnDon't go down to Fannin StreetnDon't go down to Fannin StreetnYou'll be lost and never foundnYou can never turn aroundnDon't go down to Fannin StreetnnOnce I held you in my armsnI was surenBut I took that silent starenThrough the guilded doornThe desire to have much morenAll the glitter and the roarnI know this is wherenThe sidewalk endsnn[Chorus]nnWhen I was youngnI thought only of getting outnI said goodbye to my streetnGoodbye to my housenGive a man gin, give a man cardsnGive an inch he takes a yardnAnd I rue the daynThat I stepped off this trainnn[Chorus]