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Thread #19448   Message #198122
Posted By: Barbara Shaw
20-Mar-00 - 12:36 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: rewritten version of Our Town (de Ment)
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: OUR TOWN (Iris DeMent)
It sounds like this was a rewrite of the Iris DeMent song:
 

Our Town

Iris Dement

(Chorus) G C
And ya know the sun's settin' fast
G D7
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts
G C
Go on now and kiss it goodbye
G
But hold on to your lover
D7
'cause your heart's bound to die
G C G D7
Go on now and say goodbye to our town, our town
G C
Can't you see the sun's settin' down
G D7 G
On our town, on our town, goodnight.

Up the street beside that red neon light
That's where I met my baby on one hot summer night
He was the tender and I ordered a beer
It's been forty years and I'm still sittin' here.

It's here I had my babies and I had my first kiss
I've walked down Main Street in the cold morning mist
Over there is where I bought my first car
It turned over once but then it never went far.

I've buried my Mama and I've buried my Pa
They sleep up the street beside that pretty brick wall
I bring 'em flowers about every day
But I just gotta cry when I think what they'd say.

Now I sit on the porch and watch the lightnin' bugs fly
But I can't see too good, I've got tears in my eyes
I'm leavin' tomorrow but I don't wanna go
I love you, my town, you'll always live in my soul.

But I can see the sun's settin' fast
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts
Go on, I gotta kiss you goodbye
But I'll hold on to my lover 'cause my heart's 'bout to die
Go on now and say goodbye to my town, to my town
I can see the sun has gone down on my town
On my town, goodnight, goodnight.

(I added line breaks - Bert)