Our Little Town

Now the railroad came generations ago
 And the town grew up as the crops did grow
 The crops grew well and the town did too
 They say it's dyin 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
 The summer is full of thunder
 The kids run and play
 Momma got a new wrinkle
 Poppa 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
 What's gonna happen to our little town
 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 losin' can't be replaced
 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
 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 god damned 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