Ain’t How It Used to Be

[Verse 1]
This used to be the kind of town
Where you'd buy a place and settle down
Start a family and hang around
That's the way that it used to be
Twelve years of school with the same ol' kids
Talk about gettin' away from this
But then you do just like your mama and daddy did
That's the way that it used to be
But then the money came in and almost over night
Turned all the collars from blue to white
Aw, man, it was a hell of a sight
Now it ain't how it used to be

[Chorus]
'Cause Main Street shines like a diamond
And the people all look like dolls
And everything's practically perfect
Oh, man, it's hard to believe
That just ain't how it used to be

[Verse 2]
Earl's Fruit Stand used to sit over there
Now it's a place called Mercantile Square
Sells used blue jeans, two hundred dollars a pair
Man, that ain't how it used to be
Dotson's used to serve fried chicken right here
Now it's called Malone's and sells wax for your beard
That place has Vespas instead of John Deeres
Man, that ain't how it used to be

[Chorus]
'Cause now Main Street shines like a diamond
And the people all look like dolls
And everything's practically perfect
Oh, man, it's hard to believe
That just ain't how it used to be

[Bridge]
I drove through the other day
I know that sometimes things have to change
It's a lot nicer now, but I smile when I think
About how it used to be, yeah

[Chorus]
'Cause now Main Street shines like a diamond
And the people all look like dolls
And everything's practically perfect
Oh, man, it's hard to believe
If you grew up here like me
This just ain't how it used to be

[Outro]
Ain't how it used to be