now the railroad came generations ago and the town grew up as the crops did grow the crops grew well and the town did too they say it s dyin now and there ain t a thing we can do i don t have to read the news or hear it on the radio i see it in the faces of everyone i know the cost goes up what we made comes down what s gonna happen to our little town the summer is full of thunder the kids run and play momma got a new wrinkle poppa ain t got much to say rust grows along the railroad track the young folks leave they don t come back and i don t have to read the news or hear it on the radio i see it in the faces of everyone i know the boards go up the signs come down what s gonna happen to our little town tom lost his farm and we lost tom he left in the night i don t know where he s gone what he d lost he just couldn t face what we re losin can t be replaced i don t have to read the news or hear it on the radio i see it in the faces of everyone i know the reason we re here is the farms around so what s gonna happen to our little town we ve seen hard times many times before maybe this whole thing is just one more it never was perfect maybe no one s to blame to see it die like this it s a god damned shame and i don t have to read the news or hear it on the radio i see it in the faces of everyone i know the sun comes up the sun goes down but what s gonna happen to our little town