Fred Eaglesmith - Sweaburg general store

N.C.

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

^GBetter fill 'er up on your way home It's a s^Cign of the times, I suppose Up and ^Gdown the concessions, everybody ^Emknow^Cs The ^DSweaburg General Store is ^Gclosed

^GWell, town is a half an hour's drive And you're ^Clucky to get out of there alive And ^Gthen there's something you forgot And ^Athen-a half the day is ^Dshot And it ^Goughta be a law, it oughta be a crime ^CThat's what they're saying on the 19th Line We ^Gtook it for granted, how were we to ^Emknow^C The ^DSweaburg General Store is ^Gclosed

^GBetter fill 'er up on your way home It's a ^Csign of the times, I suppose Up and ^Gdown the concessions, everybody ^Emknows^C The ^DSweaburg General Store is ^Gclosed

^GWell Pa says it's been there for seventy years And it ^Cused to be an outlet for Simpson-Sears ^GMa said she bought her wedding dress there And they ^Athrew in the flowers that she wore in her ^Dhair They ^Gclosed it once before back in '37 But they ^Copened it again at the end of the Depression I ^Gguess these times are just like ^Emthose^C The ^DSweaburg General Store is ^Gclosed

^GBetter fill 'er up on your way home It's a ^Csign of the times, I suppose Up and ^Gdown the concessions, everybody ^Emknows^C The ^DSweaburg General Store is ^Gclosed

^GThe Sweaburg General Store is closed Better ^Cfill 'er up on your way home Up and ^Gdown the concessions, everybody ^Emknows^C The ^DSweaburg General (thought it would never) The Sweaburg General Store is closed ^G