Buy This Town

If I could buy this town

I'd keep it small and rough

Full of third shift dreamers

And high school love

I'd keep the Church of Christ

And the bowling alley open

Where the bud light signs

Crackle while they're glowing

If I could buy this town

If I could buy one night

I wouldn't buy the one you'd think

I'd buy the one when my eyes teared up

By the light above the kitchen sink

And you held me tight

And you begged me not to cry

If I could buy the sweetness of one kiss

Well that's the one I'd buy

If I could buy one night

All the money in the world

Couldn't buy a drop of real love could it?

And it really shouldn't, should it?

If I could buy the stars

I'd polish them so bright

If I could buy your pain

First I'd buy the great big sea

And I'd put that pain inside a box

And bury it so deep

If I could I'd buy you back

The years you worked yourself to death

I would buy and waste your suffering

Until there wasn't any left

If I could buy your pain

All the money in the world

Couldn't buy a drop of real love could it?

And it really shouldn't, now should it

'Cause I'd gladly give you every piece of my whole heart

If I could buy this town

I'd keep the Friday night bleachers

Full of kids falling in love

And unlikely believers

And the firefighters are there

'Cause their kid's in the game

And we don't win too often

But that ain't why we came

If I could buy this town