This Ain't the Town I Knew
Honey, I am leavin',
It's somethin' I must do---
Honey, I am leavin',
And it ain't nothin' to do with you.
Packed my silver buckles,
Packed my jeans an' boots,
Gotta find a place, ole gal,
That takes me back to my roots.Used to be a store
Where there ain't no store no more
And way over yonder was a park;
And here was a Five and Dime
Where once upon a time
I made off with a paper toy which lit up in the dark.This ain't the town I knew,
The town I knew is gone---
This ain't the town I knew,
That's why I gotta move on.See that ugly mass
Of aluminum and glass,
A freight train once road through here on a track,
And here was a picture show
Where I would always go
And try like hell to sneak in when the usher turned his back.This ain't the town I knew,
The town I knew is gone---
This ain't the town I knew,
That's why I gotta move on.See that special glaze
Made o' smoke and grime and haze---
It's all kinda brownish green and gray.
Well, that stuff you see up there,
That ain't the same old air
Into which my yellow kite vanished one spring day.This ain't the town I knew,
The town I knew is gone---
This ain't the town I knew,
And that's why I gotta move on.