White Rose
By Fred Eaglesmith
capo 4th fret
[INTRO]
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Well the whole town came out to watch
the day they paved the parking lot
Somebody hung a ribbon up
and then they cut it down
And that big white rose upon that sign
put innocence in all our lives
We could see its neon lights
half a mile out
Gas was fifty cents a gallon
They put it in for you
And they d pump your tires and check your oil
and wash your windows too
And we d shine those cars bright as bright
And we d go park underneath that light
Stare out at the prarie sky
There was nothing else to do
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But now there s plywood for glass
where the windows all got smashed
And there s just a chuck of concrete
where those old pumps used to stand
There s a couple of cars half outta the ground
And that oil sign still spins round and round
But I guess the White Rose filling station s just a memory now
And the girls would spend a couple a bucks
just to meet the boys workin at the pumps
And they d grow up and fall in love
And they all moved away
Strangers used to stop and ask
how far they d driven off the map
And then they built that overpass
And now they stay out on the highway
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But now there s plywood for glass
where the windows all got smashed
And there s just a chuck of concrete
where those old pumps used to stand
There s a couple of cars half outta the ground
And that oil sign still spins round and round
But I guess the White Rose filling station s just a memory now
And that neon sign was the heart and soul
of this old one horse town
And it s like it lost its will to live
the day they shut it down
[CHORUS]
But now there s plywood for glass
where the windows all got smashed
And there s just a chuck of concrete
where those old pumps used to stand
There s a couple of cars half outta the ground
And that oil sign still spins round and round
But I guess the White Rose filling station s just a memory now
But I guess the White Rose filling station s just a memory now