Our Little Town

Intro verse 1 Now, the railroad came generations ago And the town grew up, as the crops did grow And the crops grew well, and the town did, too They say it's dying now and there ain't a thing we can do I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio I see it in the faces of everyone I know The cost goes up, what we made comes down What's gonna happen to our little town? Interlude verse 2 The summer's full of thunder, the kids run and play Mama got a new wrinkle, Papa ain't got much to say Rust grows along the railroad track The young folks leave, they don't come back And I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio I see it in the faces of everyone I know The boards go up, the signs come down And what's gonna happen to our little town? Interlude verse 3 Tom lost his farm, and we lost Tom He left in the night, I don't know where he's gone What he'd lost, he just couldn't face What we're losing, it can't be replaced And I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio I see it in the faces of everyone I know The reason we're here, is the farms around So what's gonna happen to our little town? Interlude verse 4 We've seen hard times many times before Maybe this whole thing is just one more It never was perfect, maybe no one's to blame To see it die like this, it's a goddamn shame And I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio I see it in the faces of everyone I know The sun comes up, the sun goes down But what's gonna happen to our little town? Outro