© 2009 Midnight Island Music
What can you do when your food is spoiling And the kids next door are spoiling for a fight The passersby in the noon heat drifting Never stop but look as though they might The cost of everything is going up again The sign taped to the window's coming down Watch your daughter change the price as you stand behind the glass Watch your old green awning turning brown Corner Store Thirty years and failing See your life and kiss it out the door Of your Corner Store Wooden floors, narrow aisles Slow turning fans and old Toledo Scales Cans of soup, socks and flashlight batteries Won't close for dinner, it might mean a sale There's always credit, take what you need Don't worry 'bout it, pay up when you can But times are hard and daughter's heart is aching And when she's gone there'll be no helping hand Corner Store Thirty years and failing See your life and kiss it out the door Of your Corner Store Step outside into the close of summer To leave it all behind would be to hard To make an end, put up the shutters Would be like seeing your whole lifetime locked and barred Corner Store Thirty years and failing See your life and kiss it out the door Of your Corner Store