I came back to this old town ´cause my home was here And to try to find some things I´d left behind Although I´ve only been away for just a few short years
But I´d forgot about the pace of modern times
I saw changes all around me and some were good But I hardly recognized my side of town They tore down the swinging casing from the cottonwood And that tree was all that marked familiar ground
Oh, they´re tearing the labor camps down And I feel a little sentimental shame Where´s a hungry man gonna live at in this town? Oh, they´re tearing the labor camps down
The hilltop family market had been moved somewhere And the name was changed to fit the newer homes
The folks that I remember were no longer there And the cabin that my Daddy built was gone
Oh, they´re tearing the labor camps down And I feel a little sentimental shame Where´s a hungry man gonna live at in this town? Oh, they´re tearing the labor camps down
You´re tearing the labor camps down And I feel a little sentimental shame Where´s a hungry man gonna live at in this town? Oh, they´re tearing the labor camps down