There's a crooked street in Houston town
It's a well-worn path I've traveled down
Now there's ruin in my name, I wish I never got off the train
And I wish I'd listen to the words you said

Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street, oh yeah
You'll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Don't go down to Fannin Street

Once I held you in my arms I was sure
But I took that silent stare through the guilded door
The desire to have much more, all the glitter and the roar
And I know this is where the sidewalk ends

Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street, oh yeah
You'll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Don't go down to Fannin Street

When I was young I thought only of getting out
I said goodbye to my street, goodbye to my house
Give a man gin, give a man cards
Give him an inch, he takes a yard
And I rue the day that I stepped off this train

Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street, oh yeah
You'll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Don't go down to Fannin Street