Town Fathers

Morning takes them out of bed
 No need for clocks, it's in their heads
 Brush their teeth and head right out the door
 Same ol' place at 6: 15
 Everyone knows their routine
 Not a single one of them would ask for more
 Each one arrives and takes their seat
 "Good morning to you", is usually how they greet
 Watching cars go by out on the street
 "So, what's in the news today?"
 "Same ol' same ol' everyday."
 "It looks like mostly sun again this week."
 "My bride's going to the mall."
 "I'm waiting for my son to call."
 "Gotta fix my roof it's got another leak."
 Every morning it's their standard fare
 You can always find them sitting there
 The smell of coffee drifting through the air
 Then one day a change had come
 As they arrived there one by one
 They knew that things could never be the same
 Sirens blasting all around
 Changed the landscape of their town
 As they stood and watched it all go up in flames
 A mist began to fill their eyes
 As they thought about the how's and when's and whys
 The feeling old men get when an old man dies
 Weeks go by and time it heals
 As he listens to his grandkids' squeals
 Sipping on the coffee his wife made
 Reads the paper, nothings changed
 Yet somehow nothing is the same
 He thinks about the debts that he has paid
 He realizes that his life good
 Wouldn't change a thing about it if he could
 He stands as tall as any man has stood