[00:17.110]Parkview used to be just on the outside of town
[00:24.460]Now it's right in the middle of a city that's grown all round it
[00:32.380]And the old folks there just sit and stare at the walls
[00:40.000]Except for one crazy old man standin' there preachin' in the halls
[00:48.280]His old friend died last week so they let him go
[00:55.800]And his eyes teared up when nobody pulled to the shoulder
[01:03.600]And some punks drove by and yelled as he stood at the casket
[01:11.490]And he cussed this world that had gone to hell in a basket
[01:18.490]So he walked downtown with his cane pole
[01:21.680]Looking through the window of what used to be the drugstore
[01:27.600]Next to the cafe where he laughed away his life
[01:34.200]He heads on down to the fishin' hole and dreams about his hero
[01:39.650]Who took him there when he was three years old
[01:43.130]Same spot every day but don't need no bait cause it's dry
[01:49.870]Yes it's true that he's not quite all there but who cares
[01:54.920]Neither are the values that he's lived by for 90 years
[01:58.700]Just like his home town
[02:02.300]He's about to shut her down
[02:20.360]My views used to be just like those kids in that car
[02:27.400]Until I woke up one day thanks to a switch in the yard
[02:35.550]Now the old man's gone but his thoughts are livin' in me
[02:43.330]About the way this damned 'ol world is supposed to be
[02:50.300]So I walked downtown with his cane pole
[02:53.520]Looking through the window of what used to be the drugstore
[02:59.470]Next to the cafe where he laughed away his life
[03:06.120]I head on down to the fishin' hole and dream about my hero
[03:11.500]Who took me there when I was three years old
[03:15.100]Same spot every day but don't need no bait cause it's dry
[03:21.740]Yes it's true that I'm not quite all there but who cares
[03:26.830]Neither are the values that he taught me in 30 years
[03:30.620]Just like his home town
[03:34.250]He just had to shut her down
[03:40.400]And just like his home town
[03:43.890]He just finally shut her down