They found out how we were living
They bought up our properties
Now there’s beige vinyl townhomes
Sit planted in our fields
Corporations got the money
And the city got real fat
Just be careful what you trade for
You will never get it back

Chorus:
Where did this old town go
Just see faces I don’t know
Used to be my hometown
Not my hometown anymore

Two hardware stores made good profits
Owned by good ole’ Moms and Pops
Now there’s just one big mega-store
Takes up two whole city blocks
There’s a cemetery up on Benson’s Hill
Where I laid my folks to rest
Once was all alone, now it’s over grown
Between a mall and a freeway fence

(Chorus)

There’s a stop light on every corne
Takes an hour to get 'cross town
My Chevy did it in a minute
When this was my stomping grounds

Chorus:
Where did my hometown go
Just see faces I don’t know
Used to be my hometown
It was such a small town
Used to be my hometown
Not my hometown anymore

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