Little Man

Now the court square's just a set of streets
'Bout the little man that built this town
And killed the little man, oh the little man
You can buy the whole world in just one trip

There's Johnson's hardware and Morgan's jewelry
Now the stores are lined up in a concrete strip
There goes little man, there goes another little man
He couldn't sell Slurpees, he wouldn't sell beer
That the people go 'round but they seldom think
And they sell velvet Elvis and second-hand clothes
He pumped your gas and he cleaned your glass
And save a penny 'cause it's jumbo size
An old black man came with his mule and his plow

That the people go 'round but they seldom think
Before the big money shut them down
They're killin' the little man, oh the little man

The new stores came where you do it yourself
Before the big money shut them down
Boarded up like they never existed
It wasn't long ago when I was a child
Now the bank rents the station to a man down the road
They don't even realize
'Bout the little man that built this town
And killed the little man, oh the little man
Now the court square's just a set of streets

Before the big money shut them down

Or renovated and called historic districts
There goes the little man, there goes the little man
And one cold rainy night, he fixed your flat
He broke the ground where we grew our garden
Back before we'd all forgotten
And the old Lee King's apothecary

Except for an old coke sign dated 1950
You buy a lotto ticket and food off the shelf
And killed the little man, oh the little man
They ware the little man, the little man
Long live the little man
About the little man, the little man
And the court square's just a set of streets
He hung on there for a few more years
'Bout the little man that built this town
I go back now and the stores are empty
Forget the little man, forget about that little man
That the people go round but they seldom think