Fred Eaglesmith - Sweaburg General Store lyrics

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