Little Brown Building

DON'T LET'EM TEAR THAT LITTLE BROWN BUILDING DOWN

by Bobby Bare

The passed an ordinance in the town

They said we'd have to tear it down

That little old shack out back so dear to me

Though the health department said,it's day is over and dead

It will stand forever in my memory

Don't let'em tear that little brown building down

Don't let'em tear that precious building down

Don't let'em tear that dear old building down

For there's not another like it in the country or the town

It was not so long ago,that I went trippin' through the snow

Out to that house behind my old hound dog

Where I would sit me down to rest like a snowbird on his nest

And I'd read the Sears and Robot catalogue

Oh I would sing a happy tune,pepin' through the quarter moon

As my daddy's kin had done so much before

It was in that quite spot,daily chores could be forgot

And it gave the same relief to rich or poor

It wasn't fancy built at all,it had newspapers on the wall

It was air conditioned in the winter time

It was just a humble hut,but it's door was never shut

And a man could get inside without a dime

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