I REMEMBER
WALKIN' 'ROUND
THE COURT SQUARE
SIDEWALKS
LOOKIN' IN WINDOWS
AT THINGS
I COULDN'T WANT
THERE'S JOHNSON'S
HARDWARE
AND MORGAN'S
JEWELERY
AND THE OL' LEE KING'S
APOTHECARY
THEY WERE
THE LITTLE MAN
THE LITTLE MAN
I GO BACK NOW
THE STORES ARE EMPTY
EXCEPT AN OLD
COKE SIGN
DATED NINETEEN-FIFTY
BOARDED UP LIKE
THEY NEVER EXISTED
OR RENOVATED
AND CALLED HISTORIC
BUSINESS
THERE GOES
THE LITTLE MAN
THERE GOES
THE LITTLE MAN
NOW THE COURT
SQUARE'S
JUST A SET OF STREETS
THAT 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
AH THE LITTLE MAN
HE PUMPED YOUR GAS
AND HE'D CLEAN
YOUR GLASS
ONE COLD RAINY NIGHT
HE FIXED YOUR FLAT
A NEW STORE CAME
WHERE YOU DO IT
YOURSELF
YOU BUY A
LOTTO TICKET
AND FOOD OFF THE SHELF
FORGET THE LITTLE MAN
FORGET ABOUT
THAT LITTLE MAN
HE HUNG ON THERE
FOR A FEW MORE YEARS
HE COULDN'T SELL
SLURPIES
AND HE WOULDN'T
SELL BEER
NOW THE BANK
RENTS THE STATION
TO A MAN DOWN
THE ROAD
THEY SELL VELVET ELVIS
AND SECOND HAND
CLOTHES
THERE GOES
THE LITTLE MAN
THERE GOES ANOTHER
LITTLE MAN
NOW THE COURT
SQUARE'S
JUST A SET OF STREETS
THAT 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
AH THE LITTLE MAN
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
NOW THE STORES
ARE LINED UP
IN A CONCRETE STRIP
YOU CAN BUY
THE WHOLE WORLD
IN JUST ONE TRIP
AND SAVE A PENNEY
CAUSE IT'S JUMBO SIZE
AND THEY DON'T EVEN
REALIZE
THEY'RE KILLIN'
THE LITTLE MAN
AH THE LITTLE MAN
AND NOW THE COURT
SQUARE'S
JUST A SET OF STREETS
THAT 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
AH THE LITTLE MAN
IT WASN'T LONG AGO
WHEN I WAS A CHILD
AN OLD BLACK MAN
CAME
WITH HIS MULE
AND HIS PLOW
HE BROKE THE GROUND
WHERE WE GREW
OUR GARDEN
BACK BEFORE
WE'D ALL FORGOTTEN
ABOUT THE LITTLE MAN
THE LITTLE MAN
LONG LIVE
THE LITTLE MAN
GOD BLESS
THE LITTLE MAN