Lyrics Little Town - Dar Williams

Little Town

It’s nothing that you did, you gotta understand
You’re taking it too fast, it’s going way too fast
It’s nothing that you did, it’s not the color of your skin
The one thing you should know, you gotta take it slow
What they call the shifting of the sands I see as your demands
When you change you can’t ignore
What things are and were before
My family has been here for generations
And now I have two children of my own
And I knew that I would stay here, always knew I’d stay here
It’s not a new world that you found
It’s just a little town
Everybody knows who was born and raised here
The mayor is my friend, I’ve known him all my life
Each year he and I plan the Fourth of July
So why’d he ask you too?
You, especially you?
He said this town, for all its pride, it’s been dying from inside
And we’ve got to find our way
We’ll start with Independence Day
And as the fireworks came up above the mountain
I saw you put your hand up to your heart
And I saw the mayor watching, knew my kids were watching
Hope that I would come around
Big parade, little town