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