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They're Tearin' My Little TownThere used to be a place where I would runDown by the little stream Where I could dream of things to come It doesn't seem like twenty years ago But there's eight lanes of concrete Running over my old back road They're tearing my little town down Stone by stone, ground by ground Men used to work in that old factory Now they just stand around Don't tear it down I guess I shouldn't really be surprised It's all in the name of progress But it seems like suicide They say you can never go back again And I feel like I'm saying goodbye Oh, to my only friend They're tearing my little town down Stone by stone, ground by ground We turn away so we don't have to see But we can't shut out that sound Don't tear it down There used to be a place where I would go And except for some old photographs It's a place my kids never will know A cold wind blows across the setting sun And I worry about the future When the past is under the gun They're tearing my little town down Stone by stone, ground by ground And it was here before my father was He's buried in this ground Don't tear it down |