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jeffery straker - more than two by fours and timber lyrics

[verse]
they drove for miles from every corner of countryside
tomorrow’d be too late so they came to see it just one last time
there was a tv camera there by the railroad tracks
some folks were pointin’ lookin’ up at it but most were looking back

used to be three grocery stores in town there’s just one left
padlock the doors board windows up place lookin’ a little frayed at the edges
and that church where they’d sing on sunday’s long since closed
now they gathered here to struggle with holding on while once again letting go

[verse]
for years that prairie skyscr+per stood guard at the end of main street
farmers measuring luck by the bushel hauled trucks of what they’d reap
but the bottom line nickels and dimes and progress had their say
they knew if you weren’t from ‘round here it wouldn’t really matter anyway

[chorus]
it was so much more than two by fours and timber
that last grain elevator was comin’ down today
under their breath people said good+bye
they tried their best to take it all in stride
they just got used to doin’ it that way
[bridge]
the bulldozer kept trying but had a hard time getting her to move
though no one said it it’s almost like they knew she had a point to prove
an old couple looking on said “well ain’t that just how it goes, nothing lasts forever”
kinda clearing their throats

[verse]
used to mean from a distance you were headin’ somewhere when headin’ here
now more than the last grain elevator was disappearing

- jeffery straker lyrics

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