Little Town - Dar Williams

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