[00:05.90]This old town should've burned down in 1929[00:09.24][00:10.80]That's when we stood in line[00:12.46][00:13.48]Waiting for our soup[00:15.00][00:15.92]Swallowing our pride[00:18.43]And This old town should've burn down in 1931[00:22.37][00:23.32]When the rain refused to come[00:25.18][00:26.19]Air filled up our bellies, dust filled up our lungs[00:30.76]And we thought our time had come[00:34.17][00:35.68]And This old town was built by hand[00:39.63][00:40.95]In the dust bowl of the motherland[00:45.63][00:48.56]There must be rock beneath this sand[00:52.11][00:53.24]Oh I'll be damned, this town still stands[00:59.31][01:03.59]This old town should've burned down in 1944[01:07.31][01:08.37]When the last men went to war[01:10.31][01:11.58]They came back different[01:13.79]If they came back at all[01:15.84][01:16.38]This old town should've burned down in 1956[01:20.26][01:21.51]That's when the twister hit[01:22.95][01:23.91]And all our hopes were buried[01:26.62]Beneath the boards and bricks[01:28.69]And we almost called it quits[01:32.18][01:33.66]This old town was built by hand[01:37.97][01:38.94]In the dust bowl of the motherland[01:43.97][01:46.55]There must be rock beneath this sand[01:50.13][01:51.15]Oh I'll be damned, this town still stands[01:57.16][02:01.45]Somewhere in the distance[02:04.01]The city lights do shine[02:05.67][02:06.25]The sidewalks gleam with neon dreams[02:09.18]That call from time to time[02:10.87][02:11.69]When my children's children[02:13.68]Ask me why didn't I go[02:15.72][02:16.49]They say the heart of any town[02:18.26][02:19.13]Is the people that you've known[02:21.54]They'll always call you home[02:25.03][02:26.53]This old town was built by hand[02:30.26][02:31.65]In the dust bowl of the motherland[02:37.19][02:39.41]There must be rock beneath this sand[02:42.87][02:43.94]Oh I'll be damned, this town still stands[02:50.30]