You'd think by now
they'd fixed the light
that flashing red off one-oh-nine
You'd think by now
they'd change the number
on that population sign
You may have gotten
good and gone
But how am I supposed to forgive
They say time changes everything
Guess it ain't made it here yet
I wish they paved
these dirt roads
Wish they'd board up this bar
Wish they'd sell every farm
and turn 'em into a Walmart
Take a wrecking ball crane
to every memory lane
Leave every could-have-been
in rubble on the ground
I wish they'd
tear down this town
I'd start with
where it all started
I'd drain that river dry
Take gasoline and a Marlboro
to right where
you said goodbye
And I'd pull my roots
from this ground
running generations deep
No thinking twice
no turnin' 'round
just like you did to me
I wish they paved
these dirt roads
Wish they'd board up this bar
Wish they'd sell every farm
and turn 'em into a Walmart
Take a wrecking ball crane
to every memory lane
Leave every could-have-been
in rubble on the ground
I wish they'd
tear down this town
I might be crazy
Might've lost it
Might be out of my mind
It probably wouldn't
change a thing
But hell it's worth a try
I wish they paved
these dirt roads
Wish they'd board up this bar
Wish they'd sell every farm
and turn 'em into a Walmart
Take a wrecking ball crane
to every memory lane
Leave every could-have-been
in rubble on the ground
I wish they'd
tear down this town
I wish they'd
tear down this town
I wish they'd
tear down this town
I wish they'd
tear down this town