Tony Asch - This Old Town

First they took down the retail stores
Then they took the whole damn Mall
But we were too busy at the factory to really make sense of it all
The bosses came in for lunch one day and proceeded to feed us all
By the end of the week we saw the winning streak
Was really just a set for a fall

And now the Union Hall and the last Bar around
Are the only two things that ain't been taken down
In this old town
In this old town

Well they know me by name at the pawn shop, but they're closing down in thirty days
And it looks like my old Gretsch guitar is finally going away
You can't picket no empty building, man
That's just a cold, hard fact
Sometimes, when your job is gone that work ain't coming back
And now the Union Hall and the last Bar around
Are the only two things that ain't been taken down
In this old town
In this old town

So, I'm headed down to the Whiskey Well to shoot me a game of chance
And if a lady looks like she'll treat me right, I'll buy her beer and I'll ask her to dance.
'Cause I cashed in my last paycheck
Man, it ain't even close to the rent
If I'm down to my last dollars, son, I'll speak for how it's spent.

And now the Union Hall and the last Bar around
Are the only two things that ain't been taken down
In this old town
In this old town

Written by:
Tony Asch

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