The pace of life gets faster
It runs from day to day
From pitfall to disaster,
it's just a step away
The world is out already,
and it moves as fast as snow
And it seems that now the time has come to close this town,
this town
Of all the stupid reasons,
well this must be the be st
The lawmen and the workers,
all getting out of hand
They tear the place to pieces
and sell it by the pound
Then look the other way
when vi olence hits this town
For the weak, the helpless,
the new -born and the old
All live and sleep in one room,
But can't keep out the cold.
While those of strange persuasions,
Burn houses to the ground.
So sons of other nations
aren't safe to walk this town,
this town
The kids will crowd the schoolyard
And the drunks will fill the bars
And the only undertaker
Will drive the fu neral car
And the local weekly paper
has already closed down
So no one will write the story
when they come to close this
town
Now like my father's father
And like my father, too
Well, I would work the land
as I was born to do
But the land is all on fire
for twenty miles around
And no one really wants to be the last
to leave this town
This town
Our town you