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Yea, the whole town came out to watch |
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The day the paved the parking lot |
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Somebody hung a ribbon up, |
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And that big white rose upon that sign |
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Put innocence in all our lives |
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We could see its neon light |
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Gas was .50 cents a gallon |
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They'd put it in for you |
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they'd bump your tires and check your oil, |
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And We'd shine those cars bright as bright |
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We'd go park underneath that light |
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Stare out at the prairie sky |
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And now there's plywood for glass |
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Where the windows all got smashed |
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And there's just a chunk a'concrete |
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There's a couple a'cars half outta the ground |
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And that old sign still spins 'round 'n 'round |
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And the girls would spend a couple of bucks |
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Just to meet the boys workin' at the pumps |
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And we'd pull up and fall in love |
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Strangers used to stop and ask |
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How far they've driven off the map |
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And then they built that overpass |
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'Cause there's plywood for glass |
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Where the windows all got smashed |
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And there's just a chunk a'concrete |
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Where those old pumps used to stand |
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There's a couple a'cars half outta the ground |
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And that old sign still spins 'round 'n 'round |
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And that neon sign was the heart and soul |
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of this ol' one horse town |
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And it's like it lost its will to live |
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And now there's plywood for glass |
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Where the windows all got smashed |
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And there's just a chunk a'concrete |
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There's a couple a'cars half outta the ground |
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And that old sign still spins 'round 'n 'round |
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Yea that ol' White Rose fillin' station's just a memory now |
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end....... |
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'Cause there's plywood for glass |
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And that big white rose upon that sign |
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Strangers used to stop and ask |
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And We'd shine those cars bright as bright |
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And the girls would spend a couple of bucks |
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And that neon sign was the heart and soul |
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Yea that ol' White Rose fillin' station's just a memory now |
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And now there's plywood for glass |
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And now there's plywood for glass |
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There's a couple a'cars half outta the ground |
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There's a couple a'cars half outta the ground |
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Gas was .50 cents a gallon |