Dead End Called Main Street

Song Description

The small home town is dwindling, and even Main Street is a dead end; with people and money leaving, there's really not much choice but to leave with them.

Song Length 5:20 Genre Country - Contemporary, Folk - Country
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Female Vocal
Mood Poignant, Moving Subject Town, Village, Economics
Similar Artists Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood Language English

Lyrics

Dead End Called Main Street


I work at security from 6 pm til 2
It ain?t what I?m good at, it?s just what I do
I?m up again at 7, with the morning school bell
But it don?t really bother me, cuz I don?t sleep too well

Chorus
Walking down a dead end called Main Street
My feet don?t make a sound
On this cracked and broken concrete
There?s no future to be found
Gonna walk out on my own two feet
And leave this dying little town
Cuz when you?re walking down a dead end called Main Street
You gotta turn around

Bobbi pours me coffee
Says her oldest has caught on fire
Got picked up by the cops again
On Maple Street and Briar
Her babies are in grade school
Her husband?s god knows where
And she don?t find no solace
In knowing life ain?t fair

Chorus

Bridge
I would build a road and bridge and store fronts if I could
But trying to save this town takes more than just asphalt and wood
The money goes, the people go, the jobs and families, too
And nothing can rebuild the home and hopes that I once knew

The sporting goods sign in neon
Once made Lee so proud
But ?going out of business? is what the hand-written sign says now
I think I?ll take me one last walk and stop into his store
And buy some brand new sneakers before they close their door
Cuz everything?s half-price today, but Lee and I have learned
When he locks up for one last time
There?s no place to return

Chorus

Lyrics Susan Greenbaum Music Susan Greenbaum
Producer John Morand/Susan Greenbaum Publisher Susan Greenbaum
Performance Susan Greenbaum

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