White Rose Songtext
von Fred Eaglesmith

Well the whole town came out to watch
The day they paved the parking lot
Somebody hung a ribbon up
And then they cut it down

And that big white rose up on that sign
Was the innocence in all our lives
You could see its neon light
From half a mile out

Gas was 50 cents a gallon
And they′d put it in for you
And they'd pump your tires and check your oil
And wash your windows too

And we′d shine those cars as bright as bright
And we'd go park underneath that light
Stare out at the prairie sky
There was nothing else to do


But now there's plywood for glass
Where the windows all got smashed
There′s just a chunk of concrete
Where those old pumps used to stand
There′s a couple of cars half out of the ground
That old sign still spins around and round
But I guess a white rose filling station's
Just a memory now

And the girls would spend a couple of bucks
Just to meet the boys working at the pumps
And they′d grow up and fall in love
They all moved away
Strangers used to stop and ask
How far they'd driven off the map
But then they built that overpass
Now they stay out on the highway

And now there′s plywood for glass
Where the windows all got smashed
There's just a chunk of concrete
Where those old pumps used to stand
There′s a couple of cars half out of the ground
That old sign still spins around and round
But I guess a white rose filling station's
Just a memory now


And that neon sign was the heart and soul
Of this old one horse town
And it's like it lost its will to live
The day they cut it down

And now there′s plywood for glass
Where the windows all got smashed
There′s just a chunk of concrete
Where those old pumps used to stand
There's a couple of cars half out of the ground
That old sign still spins around and round
But I guess a white rose filling station′s
Just a memory now

I guess a white rose filling station's
Just a memory now