There`s a crooked street
In Houston town
It`s a well born path
I`ve traveled down
Now there`s ruin in my name
I wish I never got off the train
I wished I`d listened
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
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
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
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 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
You`ll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Don`t go down to Fannin Street