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       DON'T LET'EM TEAR THAT LITTLE BROWN BUILDING DOWN
                 by Bobby Bare
       The passed an ordinance in the town
       They said we'd have to tear it down
       That little old shack out back so dear to me
       Though the health department said,it's day is over and dead
       It will stand forever in my memory

       Chorus
       Don't let'em tear that little brown building down
       Don't let'em tear that precious building down
       Don't let'em tear that dear old building down
       For there's not another like it in the country or the town

       It was not so long ago,that I went trippin' through the snow
       Out to that house behind my old hound dog
       Where I would sit me down to rest like a snowbird on his nest
       And I'd read the Sears and Robot catalogue

       Oh I would sing a happy tune,pepin' through the quarter moon
       As my daddy's kin had done so much before
       It was in that quite spot,daily chores could be forgot
       And it gave the same relief to rich or poor

       It wasn't fancy built at all,it had newspapers on the wall
       It was air conditioned in the winter time
       It was just a humble hut,but it's door was never shut
       And a man could get inside without a dime