Steve Lungrin - Downtown Main Street Shoppe Lyrics

His name was Joe, he owned a hardware store
His wife was Betty Jane
His father left it to him twenty years before
His grandpa opened it in nineteen forty-eight
They knew almost every single customer by name
Everyone bought everything from Joe and Betty Jane

Time marches on and that little store is gone
But the doors are all still open in my heart
I'm glad I was around in that little town
And I'm so glad I bought from that mom and pop
In their downtown main street shoppe

A big chain moved in, and others came behind
Joe's traffic went away
He bought some television ads and billboard signs
But sales kept on dropping every day
He did everything that he could possibly afford
To keep that business that he loved from locking up its doors

My kids will never know the way it used to be
Discount chains and online stores is all they'll ever see

Time marches on and that little store is gone
But the doors are all still open in my heart
I'm glad I was around in that little town
And I'm so glad I bought from that mom and pop
In their downtown main street shoppe
In their downtown main street shoppe