R.R. #2 / RURAL ROUTE 2 (Words & Music, Barry Brown) The little village where I lived and grew Has been renamed to RR#2 The small dot on the map is gone How's anyone to know where he belongs CHORUS Oh it's sad to see the small towns disappear Why must they change the place we hold so dear The little church where we knelt to pray Has closed its doors forever so they say I can't believe God's moved ten miles away An old man walks across the fertile land And worries about the new highway that's planned And he recalls when he was just a lad How hard he worked to clear the land with his dad From the schoolyard there isn't any sound 'Coz a schoolbus takes the kids to a larger town And the old folks wonder where the money goes There's nothing left for the government to close CHORUS The church bell now rings its death toll And the topsoil blows off the land And the school flag flies at half mast And the old folks long for the past (CHORUS repeated) (Tag) No, I can't believe God's moved ten miles away.
lyrics from Barry Brown and the Gary Buck Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvRI4ZLJi1s
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