Little Man-Cagedbaby

[00:00.86]Little Man [00:03.75]Alan Jackson [00:06.73] [00:09.59]I remember walk′in round the court square sidewalk [00:13.90]Lookin′ in windows at things I couldn′t want [00:18.22]There′s johnson′s hardware and morgans jewelry [00:21.98]And the ol′ Lee king′s apothecary [00:25.75]They ware the little man [00:29.76]The little man [00:34.51]I go back now and the stores are all empty [00:38.20]Except for an old coke sign from 1950 [00:42.70]Boarded up like they never existed [00:46.74]Or renovated and called historic districts [00:50.44]There goes the little man [00:53.19]There goes the little man [00:57.75]Now the court square′s just a set of streets [01:01.89]That the people go round but they seldom think [01:05.51]Bout the little man that built this town [01:09.87]Before the big money shut em down [01:13.82]And killed the little man [01:17.79]Oh the little man [01:22.42]He pumped your gas and he cleaned your glass [01:26.02]And one cold rainy night he fixed your flat [01:30.12]The new stores came where you do it yourself [01:33.63]You buy a lotto ticket and food off the shelf [01:37.55]Forget about the little man [01:41.01]Forget about that little man [01:46.57]He hung on there for a few more years [01:50.19]But he couldn′t sell slurpees [01:52.51]And he wouldn′t sell beer [01:54.22]Now the bank rents the station [01:57.23]To a down the road [01:58.34]And sell velvet Elvis and [02:00.38]Second-hand clothes [02:02.00]There goes little man [02:04.92]There goes another little man [02:09.82]Now the court square′s just a set of streets [02:14.03]That the people go round but they seldom think [02:17.79]Bout the little man that built this town [02:22.02]Before the big money shut em down [02:25.73]And killed the little man [02:30.03]Oh the little man [02:54.70]Now the are lined up in a concrete strip [02:58.04]You can buy the world with just one trip [03:02.63]And save a penny cause it′s jumbo size [03:06.46]They don′t even realize [03:10.15]They′er killin′ the little man [03:14.07]Oh the little man [03:17.88]Now the court square′s just a set of streets [03:22.13]That the people go round but they seldom think [03:25.92]Bout the little man that built this town [03:30.08]Before the big money shut em down [03:33.93]And killed the little man [03:38.10]Oh the little man [03:42.75]It wasn′t long when I was a child [03:46.47]An old black man came with his plow [03:50.79]He broke the ground where we grew our garden [03:54.65]Back before we′d all forgot [04:00.24]about the little man [04:04.26]The little man [04:07.56]Long live the little man [04:12.45]God bless the little man [04:17.69]