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I remember walk′in round the court square sidewalk |
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Lookin′ in windows at things I couldn′t want |
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There′s johnson′s hardware and morgans jewelry |
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And the ol′ Lee king′s apothecary |
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They ware the little man |
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The little man |
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I go back now and the stores are all empty |
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Except for an old coke sign from 1950 |
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Boarded up like they never existed |
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Or renovated and called historic districts |
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There goes the little man |
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There goes the little man |
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Now the court square′s just a set of streets |
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That the people go round but they seldom think |
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Bout the little man that built this town |
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Before the big money shut em down |
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And killed the little man |
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Oh the little man |
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He pumped your gas and he cleaned your glass |
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And one cold rainy night he fixed your flat |
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The new stores came where you do it yourself |
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You buy a lotto ticket and food off the shelf |
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Forget about the little man |
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Forget about that little man |
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He hung on there for a few more years |
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But he couldn′t sell slurpees |
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And he wouldn′t sell beer |
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Now the bank rents the station |
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To a down the road |
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And sell velvet Elvis and |
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Second-hand clothes |
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There goes little man |
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There goes another little man |
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Now the court square′s just a set of streets |
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That the people go round but they seldom think |
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Bout the little man that built this town |
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Before the big money shut em down |
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And killed the little man |
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Oh the little man |
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Now the are lined up in a concrete strip |
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You can buy the world with just one trip |
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And save a penny cause it′s jumbo size |
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They don′t even realize |
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They′er killin′ the little man |
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Oh the little man |
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Now the court square′s just a set of streets |
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That the people go round but they seldom think |
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Bout the little man that built this town |
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Before the big money shut em down |
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And killed the little man |
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Oh the little man |
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It wasn′t long when I was a child |
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An old black man came with his plow |
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He broke the ground where we grew our garden |
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Back before we′d all forgot |
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about the little man |
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The little man |
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Long live the little man |
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God bless the little man |
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