Shut'er Down Lyrics - Red And Rio Grande/deep Thoughts From A Shallow Mind - Doug Supernaw

Writers: Doug Supernaw/Justin White 

Parkview used to be just on the outside of town 

Now it's right in the middle of a city that's grown all round it 

And the old folks there just sit and stare at the walls 

Except for one crazy old man standin' there preachin' in the halls 

His old friend died last week so they let him go 

And his eyes teared up when nobody pulled to the shoulder 

And some punks drove by and yelled as he stood at the casket 

And he cussed this world that had gone to hell in a basket 

So he walked downtown with his cane pole 

Looking through the window of what used to be the drugstore 

Next to the cafe where he laughed away his life 

He heads on down to the fishin' hole and dreams about his hero 

Who took him there when he was three years old 

Same spot every day but don't need no bait cause it's dry 

Yes it's true that he's not quite all there but who cares 

Neither are the values that he's lived by for 90 years 

Just like his home town 

He's about to shut her down 

My views used to be just like those kids in that car 

Until I woke up one day thanks to a switch in the yard 

Now the old man's gone but his thoughts are livin' in me 

About the way this damned 'ol world is supposed to be 

So I walked downtown with his cane pole 

Looking through the window of what used to be the drugstore 

Next to the cafe where he laughed away his life 

Head on down to the fishin' hole and dream about my hero 

Who took me there when I was three years old 

Same spot every day but don't need no bait cause it's dry 

Yes it's true that I'm not quite all there but who cares 

Neither are the values that he taught me in 30 years 

Just like his home town 

He just had to shut her down 

And just like his home town 

He just finally shut her down