Fred Eaglesmith - Sweaburg General Store lyrics

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Well, things always cost a little more

When you buy them at the Sweaburg Store

But the drive into town made it the same

So it didn't matter, anyway

You could wake him up if your tank was on empty

They wouldn't be happy, but they'd fill it up anyway

I guess that's just the way things go

The Sweaburg General Store is closed

Better fill 'er up on your way home

It's a sign of the times, I suppose

Up and down the concessions, everybody knows

The Sweaburg General Store is closed

Well. town is a half an hour's drive

And you're lucky to get out of there alive

And then there's something you forgot

And then-a half the day is shot

And it oughta be a law

It oughta be a crime

That's what they're saying on the 19th Line

We took it for granted, how were we to know

The Sweaburg General Store is closed

Better fill 'er up on your way home

It's a sign of the times, I suppose

Up and down the concessions, everybody knows

The Sweaburg General Store is closed

Well Pa says it's been there for seventy years

And it used to be an outlet for Simpson-Sears

Ma said she bought her wedding dress there

And they threw in the flowers that she wore in her hair

They closed it once before back in '37

But they opened it again at the end of the Depression

I guess these times are just like those

The Sweaburg General Store is closed

Better fill 'er up on your way home

It's a sign of the times, I suppose

Up and down the concessions, everybody knows

The Sweaburg General Store is closed

The Sweaburg General Store is closed

Better fill 'er up on your way home

Up and down the concessions, everybody knows

The Sweaburg General (thought it would never)

The Sweaburg General Store is closed