I remember walk in round the court square sidewalk
Lookin in windows at things I couldn t want
There s johnson s hardware and morgans jewelry
And the ol Lee king s apothecary
They ware the little man
The little man
I go back now and the stores are all empty
Except for an old coke sign from 1950
Boarded up like they never existed
Or renovated and called historic districts
There goes the little man
There goes the little man
Now the court square s just a set of streets
That the people go round but they seldom think
Bout the little man that built this town
Before the big money shut em down
And killed the little man
Oh the little man
He pumped your gas and he cleaned your glass
And one cold rainy night he fixed your flat
The new stores came where you do it yourself
You buy a lotto ticket and food off the shelf
Forget about the little man
Forget about that little man
He hung on there for a few more years
But he couldn t sell slurpees
And he wouldn t sell beer
Now the bank rents the station
To a down the road
And sell velvet Elvis and
Second-hand clothes
There goes little man
There goes another little man
Now the are lined up in a concrete strip
You can buy the world with just one trip
And save a penny cause it s jumbo size
They don t even realize
They er killin the little man
Oh the little man
It wasn t long when I was a child
An old black man came with his plow
He broke the ground where we grew our garden
Back before we d all forgot about the little man
The little man
Long live the little man
God bless the little man
[00:09.46]I remember walk in round the court square sidewalk
[00:13.70]Lookin in windows at things I couldn t want
[00:18.37]There s johnson s hardware and morgans jewelry
[00:20.89]And the ol Lee king s apothecary
[00:25.16]They ware the little man
[00:28.89]The little man
[00:34.39]I go back now and the stores are all empty
[00:37.75]Except for an old coke sign from 1950
[00:42.50]Boarded up like they never existed
[00:44.01]Or renovated and called historic districts
[00:48.68]There goes the little man
[00:53.09]There goes the little man
[00:57.57]Now the court square s just a set of streets
[01:01.83]That the people go round but they seldom think
[01:05.46]Bout the little man that built this town
[01:09.83]Before the big money shut em down
[01:13.57]And killed the little man
[01:17.47]Oh the little man
[01:18.42]He pumped your gas and he cleaned your glass
[01:24.57]And one cold rainy night he fixed your flat
[01:28.61]The new stores came where you do it yourself
[01:32.52]You buy a lotto ticket and food off the shelf
[01:37.60]Forget about the little man
[01:40.84]Forget about that little man
[01:41.89]He hung on there for a few more years
[01:48.47]But he couldn t sell slurpees
[01:50.79]And he wouldn t sell beer
[01:52.79]Now the bank rents the station
[01:55.78]To a down the road
[01:58.37]And sell velvet Elvis and
[01:59.88]Second-hand clothes
[02:00.37]There goes little man
[02:04.82]There goes another little man
[02:09.54]Now the are lined up in a concrete strip
[02:11.99]You can buy the world with just one trip
[02:20.18]And save a penny cause it s jumbo size
[02:27.32]They don t even realize
[02:28.43]They er killin the little man
[02:29.73]Oh the little man
[02:31.17]It wasn t long when I was a child
[02:55.76]An old black man came with his plow
[03:26.26]He broke the ground where we grew our garden
[03:28.29]Back before we d all forgot about the little man
[03:30.14]The little man
[03:30.81]Long live the little man
[03:31.92]God bless the little man
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