Little Guys

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I was in the first grade I was 
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pumpin' gasoline
Dad did the wrenching' & mama kept 
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the books clean
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I could rebuild a carburetor by the
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 time I was 12 years old
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I'll have you back on the road
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get you back in your machine

[Verse 2]
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B is for Butch, Evelyn is mama's 
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name
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B & E Auto Service just a block off
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 Main
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Coming up on 40 years, all-in-all 
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not a bad career
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But after we lost dad, things began
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 to change

[Chorus]
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Each day there's a little less I 
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recognize in my home town
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It's hard watching the little guy 
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goin' down

[Verse 3]
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Oil and grime in the pores of my 
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skin
Continúa después del anuncio
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Think of all the brake-dust I've 
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been breathin' in
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I got a stack of new regulations, 
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High-tech specifications
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I can't keep up, too old to go to 
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school again

[Verse 4]
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Stop lights we-had one and now 
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there's four
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And you can't-see-the-shop from 
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Main Street anymore
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There's a new HEB 'cross town
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Over here things are slowin' down
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As I turn out the lights and lock 
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up my front door

[Bridge]
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Mom and Pop's like us
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don't have a place in the world 
today
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The little guy shops don't stand a 
chance
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when the big boys start to play

[Solo]
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[Verse 5]
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The old men in town meet for 
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coffee every day
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If things go smooth I'll take my 
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place come May
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Or I could set up the navigation
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and head out and see the nation
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Instead of watching my old friends 
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fade away

[Chorus]
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Each day there's a little less I 
      E
recognize in my hometown
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And it's hard watching the little 
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guys goin' down

[Otro]
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Oh it's progress so they say
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but that don't mean I'm hangin' 
'round
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Cuz it's hard watchin' the little 
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guys going down.