Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back Lyrics - Bobby Bare

They passed an ordinance in the town they said we'd have to tear it down 

That little old shack out back so dear to me 

Though the health department said its day was over and dead 

It will stand forever in my memory 

Don't let them tear that little brown building down 

Don't let them tear that precious building down 

Don't let them tear that dear old building down 

There's not another like it in the country or the town 

It was not so long ago that I went tripping through the snow 

Out to that house behind my old hound dog 

Where I would sit me down to rest like a snowbird on his nest 

And I'd read that Sears and Roebuck catalog 

Oh I would hum a happy tune peeping through the quarter moon 

As my daddy's kin had done so much before 

It was in that quiet spot daily cares could be forgot 

And it gave the same relief to rich and poor 

Don't let them tear... 

Now it was not a castle fair but I could dream of future there 

Build my castle to the yellow jackets drone 

I could orbit round the sun fight with General Washington 

Or be a king upon a golden throne 

It wasn't fancy built at all we had newspapers on the wall 

It was air-conditioned in the wintertime 

Oh it was just an humble hut but its door was never shut 

And a man could get inside without a dime 

Don't let them tear...