Lyrics:

Ringling, Ringling
By: Jimmy Buffett
1974
Ringlin, Ringlin slippin away
Only forty people livin there today
Streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down
Its a dyin little town

Church windows broken, that place aint been used in years
Jail dont have a sheriff or a cell
And electric trains they run by maybe once or twice a month
Easin it on down the Muscle Shell

Chorus:
Ringlin, Ringlin slippin away
Only forty people livin there today
Cause the streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down
Its a dyin little town

And across from the bar theres a pile of beer cans
Been there twenty-seven years
Imagine all the heartaches and tears
In twenty-seven years of beer

So we hopped back in the rent-a-car
And we hit the cruise control
Pretty soon the town was out of site
Though we left behind a fat barmaid, a cowboy, and a dog
Bracin for a Ringlin Friday night

Chorus:
Ringlin, Ringlin youre just slippin away
I wonder how many people will be there a year from today
Cause the streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down
Its a dyin little town
Yeah, its a dyin little town