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 Well the whole town came out to watch

 the day they paved the parking lot

 Somebody hung a ribbon up

 and then they cut it down

 And that big white rose upon that sign

 put innocence in all our lives

We could see its neon lights

half a mile out

 Gas was fifty cents a gallon

 They put it in for you

 And they'd pump your tires and check your oil

 and wash your windows too

 And we'd shine those cars bright as bright

 And we'd go park underneath that light

Stare out at the prarie sky

 There was nothing else to do

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 But now there's plywood for glass

 where the windows all got smashed

 And there's just a chuck of concrete

 where those old pumps used to stand

 There's a couple of cars half outta the ground

 And that oil sign still spins 'round and 'round

 But I guess the White Rose filling station's just a memory now

 And the girls would spend a couple a bucks

 just to meet the boys workin' at the pumps

 And they'd grow up and fall in love

 And they all moved away

Strangers used to stop and ask

 how far they'd driven off the map

 And then they built that overpass

 And now they stay out on the highway

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 And that neon sign was the heart and soul

 of this old one horse town

 And it's like it lost its will to live

 the day they shut it down

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