The Day They Closed the Factory Down

She said I watch him walk down Main Street
A sweet one man parade
He'd tip his hat and just like that
Another score he'd made
I'd watched the girls all watch him
Moths drawn to the flame
The money showed, the laughter flowed
From the way he played the game... he played the game
Some said he was a rambler
Some said he was a rake
Some said he was a gambler,
Some said he was a fake
But I knew him like no one else
A gentle man was he
His days belonged to himself
His nights belonged to me... belonged to me
And they're talkin' in the town square
And they're talkin' in the shops
I hear them talkin' everywhere
Their talkin' never stops
But all their words of wisdom
Won't make you go away
The day they closed the factory down
They had nothin' ...nothing left to say
She said I take care of my mother now
Since my father died
I'm raisin' baby brother Tim
The way my father tried
His thirty years in the factory
Ended in that furnace blast
But they settled up for ten bucks a week
And the bitterness is past... It did not last
So they're movin' somewhere else now
With their clothes and fabric press
They found themselves a better town
Where they'll make shirts for less
And that is why he said last night
I won't watch the old town die
But I would not take what he tried to leave
When he told me goodbye... Aw it's goodbye
And they're talkin' in the town square
And they're talkin' in the shops
I hear them talkin' everywhere
Their talkin' never stops
But all their words of wisdom
Won't make you go away
The day they closed the factory down
They had nothin' ...nothing left to say
So they're talkin' of the changes
That closin' brings about
They're talkin' of the hard times
And the young folks movin' out
Yes they're talkin' as if talkin'
Can make everything all right
But all the talkin' ever done
Won't bring him back tonight... Aw tonight
And they're talkin' in the town square
And they're talkin' in the shops
I hear them talkin' everywhere
Their talkin' never stops
But all their words of wisdom
Won't make you go away
The day they closed the factory down
They had nothin' ...nothing left to say