Lyrics The Last Drive-in

Caravan of yellow iron crawling across the plains
Rollin' along in single file, like slow-movin' train
It rumbled down out of the mist into the early morning light
Said they'd stay 'til the job was finished
If it took 'em 'til midnight

Well there were cats and scrapers, all Caterpillars
Backed up by a mile-high crane
And they looked like monsters from the old B-movies
The drive-ins used to play

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And we sang goodbye, saturday under the stars
"Wake Up Little Susie" in my daddy's car
So many memories got lost and found
When a piece of history hit the ground
The day they tore the last drive-in down

Memories thick as the smoke clouds they made
Man and machine became one
Boards snapped like toothpicks on their blades
But to us it sounded like guns
Cowboys, soldiers, gangsters, and theives
James Bond and his golden girls
Well you could sit in your car and never turn the key
And go halfway around the world
We never thought we'd live to see
It fall to the ground and then just disappear
Like so many childhood dreams

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And a lot of the drivers had tears in their eyes
And I don't think it was just the dust
See, I still believe there's just a little piece
Of that old drive-in left in all of us

Well nobody moved for what seemed hours
In slow motion it came tumbling down
We just stood there with the taste of metal in our mouths
And a silence all around
The day they tore the last drive-in down

(Repeat Chorus)