White Rose Lyrics

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Yea, the whole town came out to watch, the day the paved the parking lot
Somebody hung a ribbon up, and then they cut it down
And that big white rose upon that sign, put innocence in all our lives
We could see its neon light from half a mile out
Gas was .50 cents a gallon, they'd put it in for you
they'd bump your tires and check your oil, and wash your windows too
And we'd shine those cars bright as bright, we'd go park underneath that light
Stare out at the prairie sky, there was nothing else to do
Now there's plywood for glass, where the windows all got smashed
And there's just a chunk a'concrete, where those old pumps used to stand
There's a couple a' cars half outta the ground
And that old sign still spins 'round 'n 'round
I guess the White Rose fillin' station's just a memory now
And the girls would spend a couple of bucks
Just to meet the boys workin' at the pumps
And we'd pull up and fall in love and they've all moved away
Strangers used to stop and ask, how far they've driven off the map
And then they built that overpass and now they stay out on the highway
'Cause there's plywood for glass, where the windows all got smashed
And there's just a chunk a'concrete, where those old pumps used to stand
There's a couple a' cars half outta the ground
And that old sign still spins 'round 'n 'round
I guess the White Rose fillin' station's just a memory now
And that neon sign was the heart and soul of this ol' one horse town
And it's like it lost its will to live, the day they shut it down
And now there's plywood for glass, where the windows all got smashed
And there's just a chunk a'concrete, where those old pumps used to stand
There's a couple a' cars half outta the ground
And that old sign still spins 'round 'n 'round
I guess the White Rose fillin' station's just a memory now
Yea that ol' White Rose fillin' station's just a memory now