Story Behind The Song
I wrote this when WalMart sued my hometown of Clemson, SC. I had a concert sscheduled in Clemson and I offhandedly mentioned to my dad that I would try to find an anti-walmart song or 2 to sing, but i had come up emptyhanded. the night ebfore the concert I talked to my dad and he ahd told everyone I'd eb singing anti walmart songs the next day! so I stayed up til 5am writing this and Bob and I threw together the music and the last line of the song just before the concert. We had a bunch of concert dates together that week so recorded this in a friend's basement that week. We made a single of the song and used the proceeds to help pay the lawyers who fought off the clemson walmart.
Song Description
Wal Mart sues a small town in order to force their way into building in a neighborhood. The small town wins in the end.
| Song Length |
2:31 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Country - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Male/Female |
| Mood |
Outraged, Affable |
Subject |
General, Protest |
| Similar Artists |
Arlo Guthrie, Warren Zevon |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
12 miles to the East a Wal-Mart sets
12 miles to the North another one yet
12 miles to the South that?s right you bet
That's why I say we don?t need a Wal-Mart
We don?t need a Wal-Mart I?d rather have trees and grass
I?d rather have a hemherroid or an algebra class
They got no scruples They got no class
We don?t need a Wal Mart They can kiss my ? butt
So we said hey Wal-Mart We don?t want you
We won?t rezone they said ?Oh yeah we?ll sue?
So now we got 3 lawyers all getting their due
Thank you Wal-Mart, that?s mighty neighborly of you
We don?t need a Wal-Mart in our community
The best things in life aren?t cheap they?re free
We could do without the pleasure of this kind of company
We don?t need a Wal-Mart in this locality
A store so big you got to have a map
Aisles and aisles of cheap imported crap
It?s what some folks like to call progress
I call it proof that sometimes more is less
Don?t really have to think too hard
About whether I want one in my backyard
118 towns already said no
We?d also like to tell you where not to go
We don?t need a Wal-Mart We already got three
How many big-ass ugly grey buildings with a red stripe do we really need
I wish Sam was alive so he could hear me I?d say
I?d rather have a frontal lobotomy than a Wal-Mart in front of me