Last Picturehouse

Born to entertain us back in 1925 So beautiful and strong enough to bring their dreams alive Always thought it would last forever And be the greatest thing they'd ever seen With a heart like Judy Garland And a the soul of Jimmy Dean And while the world was growing He was so gone with the wind That the future they were building Didn't have a room for him And now the buildings scrape the skyline And the stars no longer shine Cause nothing lasts forever in the changing times Oh so long and fare thee well A thousand stories he could tell Brick by brick they pulled him down The last picture house in town The crowds grew smaller though the years While the candy girls left town The projector slowly gathered dust While the house came tumbling down And at the final curtain calling He knew a golden age had passed Cause the lights had finally fallen And the dreams they didn't last Cause now the buildings scrape the skyline And the stars no longer shine Cause nothing lasts forever in the changing times Oh so long and fare thee well A thousand stories he could tell Brick by brick they pulled him down The last picture house in town Gene Kelly went singing for the last time in the rain And one more kiss with Betty Davies before the final frame And as the lights inside the ticket box go fading away It was the last movie the picture house would play   Oh so long and fare thee well A thousand stories he could tell But brick by brick they pulled him down The last picture house in town