Downtown

Downtown's all closed down
 They've boarded up the windows
 Just like an old ghost town
 The storefronts are empty
 And there's no one around
 Downtown's all closed down
 A small town in Texas by the courthouse in the square
 The middle of the afternoon, there's nobody there
 Well I shook my head and wondered
 Where all the businesses had gone
 Used to be everything that you'd ever need
 Now just the bank's still holdin' on
 'Cause downtown's all closed down
 They've boarded up the windows
 Just like an old ghost town
 The streets are all empty
 There's no one around
 Downtown's all closed down
 The old drugstore is vacant
 And the café's locked its doors
 The movie marquis is falling down
 There's no more hardware stores
 So I sat down on a bench
 I watched a car go driving by
 I wondered what had killed downtown
 And how the people could let it die
 'Cause downtown's all closed down
 They've boarded up the windows
 Just like an old ghost town
 The storefronts are empty
 There's no one around
 Downtown's all closed down
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 The railroad brought the people here
 Now the interstate draws them away
 It moved the steady business east
 Left these old buildings behind to stay
 But some folks in town remember
 A time not too long ago
 When a film called Casablanca
 Played at the town square picture show
 Now downtown's all closed down
 They've boarded up the windows
 Just like an old ghost town
 The streets are all empty
 There's no one around
 Downtown's all closed down
 The streets are all empty
 There's no one around
 Downtown's all closed down