"Our Town (From Pixar's Cars)" as written by and Randy Newman....
Long ago, but not so very long ago
The world was different, oh yes it was
You settled down and you built a town and made it live
And you watched it grow
It was your town
Time goes by, time brings changes, you change, too
Nothing comes that you can't handle, so on you go
Never see it coming, the world caves in on you
On your town
Nothing you can do
Main street isn't main street anymore
No one seems to need us like they did before
It's hard to find a reason left to stay
But it's our town
Love it anyway
Come what may, it's our town
The world was different, oh yes it was
You settled down and you built a town and made it live
And you watched it grow
It was your town
Time goes by, time brings changes, you change, too
Nothing comes that you can't handle, so on you go
Never see it coming, the world caves in on you
On your town
Nothing you can do
Main street isn't main street anymore
No one seems to need us like they did before
It's hard to find a reason left to stay
But it's our town
Love it anyway
Come what may, it's our town
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I love the way that it starts with "your town"... "You watched it grow, it was your town".
Then time goes by, the world changes - and there's nothing that you can do to stop it.
Then it becomes "our town".
It's just a brilliant progression. And in JT's style too which just makes it a simply amazing song.
I love this song a lot. It makes me sad about really any small towns that are dying.