Lyrics:
They passed an ordinance in the town they said we'd have to tear it downThat little old shack out back so dear to meThough the health department said its day was over and deadIt will stand forever in my memoryDon't let them tear that little brown building downDon't let them tear that precious building downDon't let them tear that dear old building downThere's not another like it in the country or the townIt was not so long ago that I went tripping through the snowOut to that house behind my old hound dogWhere I would sit me down to rest like a snowbird on his nestAnd I'd read that Sears and Roebuck catalogOh I would hum a happy tune peeping through the quarter moonAs my daddy's kin had done so much beforeIt was in that quiet spot daily cares could be forgotAnd it gave the same relief to rich and poorDon't let them tear...Now it was not a castle fair but I could dream of future thereBuild my castle to the yellow jackets droneI could orbit round the sun fight with General WashingtonOr be a king upon a golden throneIt wasn't fancy built at all we had newspapers on the wallIt was air-conditioned in the wintertimeOh it was just an humble hut but its door was never shutAnd a man could get inside without a dimeDon't let them tear...