Big Cities, Little Towns

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Big Cities, Little Towns
Copyright 2006 Joshua Jones

We travel these roads
To and from our homes
The same way we've done for years
Though the route stays the same
They've added on two more lanes
and you should see all our choices for gasoline

Chorus:
Big cities are coming in to take over our little towns.
They tear down the trees, to put the billboards all around.
They tell us that Walmart is gonna bring the prices down.
The big cities are coming in..

Old man Johnson's farm
won't be around the corner from us for very long
I heard the money he made will keep his family fed well beyond his years.
So there's a subdivision coming it, and I can't say I blame him.
You gotta make something off your blood, your sweat, and your tears.

Chorus:
Big cities are coming in to take over our little towns
They're buying up the land, to put thier houses all around.
Mom and Pop have to work at the Walmart since thier stores closed down
The big cities are coming in...

I've swam these lakes and pond for so long now.
Somedays it seemed the only place for a kid to get away
Now there are so many boats, my canoe will not float,
and I'll never get the summer we were 17 back again.

Chorus:
The big cities are coming in to take over our little towns
They were saving us from ourselves when they tore our rope swing down
I'm never going to work at the Walmart, and I hope that it closes down.
The big cities are coming in.