Buy This Town

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If I could buy this town

I’d keep it small and rough

Full of third shift dreamers

And high school love

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I’d keep the Church of Christ

And the bowling alley open

Where the bud light signs

Crackle while they’re glowing

If I could buy this town

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If I could buy one night

I wouldn’t buy the one you’d think

I’d buy the one when my eyes teared up

By the light above the kitchen sink

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And you held me tight

And you begged me not to cry

If I could buy the sweetness of one kiss

Well that’s the one I’d buy

If I could buy one night

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All the money in the world

Couldn’t buy a drop of real love could it?

And it really shouldn’t, should it?

If I could buy the stars

I’d polish them so bright

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If I could buy your pain

First I’d buy the great big sea

And I’d put that pain inside a box

And bury it so deep

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If I could I’d buy you back

The years you worked yourself to death

I would buy and waste your suffering

Until there wasn’t any left

If I could buy your pain

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All the money in the world

Couldn’t buy a drop of real love could it?

And it really shouldn’t, now should it

But I’d gladly give you every piece of my whole heart

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If I could buy this town

I'd keep the Friday night bleachers

Full of kids falling in love

And unlikely believers

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And the firefighters are there

Cuz their kid’s in the game

And we don’t win too often

But that ain’t why we came

If I could buy this town

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