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Well Mr. Harper, he never liked those big stores,
with their parking lots and highways spreading round.
Yeah they say they got the lowest prices,
but for what price have we sold our town.
First to close was old Harper’s hardware,
then Sally’s bakery and the five and dime
And the once proud town that I grew up in,
becomes a memory, locked in my mind

Take me back, back down to Main Street
where all the friends of my family I could see
Take me back, back down to Main Street
Give me back, Give me back my community


Life was slow and easy down on Main Street.
Time was when you knew the man you brought your business to
And you could stop and talk about your ball team
And what kind of mischief your kids had got into
Well I took a walk last night down Main Street
No friendly faces, no friendly smiles
Everyone’s too busy out there hunting for a bargain
To sit on a park bench, just to talk a while

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Well there’s something bout our ever changing lifestyles
That surely remains a mystery to me
Instead of spending good times together
We just stay home, and watch it on TV

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