I am leaving mississippi in the evening rain
But these delta towns wear satin gowns
In a high beam frame
Loretta lin guides my hands through the radio
Where would I be in times like these
Without the songs already wrote
Cause when you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
And when you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
The radio
Listen to the radio the radio
I left a handsome two step
Good old boy in tennessee
Now he's sitting on the sofa
He's looking for his supper
Wondering what's become of me
I got a double o eighteen martin guitar
In the back seat of the car
And I am leaving mississippi with the radio on
Cause when you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
And when you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
The radio
Listen to the radio the radio
There's a moon across the border
In the louisiana sky
I smell the country train
I hear silver wings and then away bird haggard flies
That good old boy will find
A band of gold on the stereo
And then my mama's gonna call and say where she's gone
And he'll say down the road with the radio home
When you can't find a friend you still got the radio
And when you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
The radio
Listen to the radio
The radio
Listen to the radio
The radio listen to the radio
The radio listen to the radio