Somebody Bought My Old Hometown Lyrics - Bobby Bare

I used to like to listen to the tales of the old men who sat around the old park square 

But the piddlers and the whittlers and the checker boards're gone 

There's a brand new office building there 

And the street known as Maple is much wider now and there are no maples to be found 

Since Consolidated Whozit Subdivision of Universal-What-You-Call-It bought my old hometown 

There used to be good fishin' down along the shady mill stream 

You'd see 'em as they jumped and played 

But the blue gill and the croppie and the old mill made way 

For Chemical Division Section A 

They pulled up the flowers planted by the Ladies' Club 

And took the city founder statue down 

Since Consolidated Whozit Subdivision of Universal-What-You-Call-It bought my old hometown 

Yeah the picture show has had it where I used to spend my Saturdays 

With Jean and Roy and Pop along 

Now the Brotherhood of Gismo Fixers Local 102 is making it their temporary home 

They cut down the maples along Maple Street and of course the pool hall came down 

Since Consolidated Whozit Subdivision of Universal-What-You-Call-It bought my old hometown