Buy This Town

If I could buy this town
 I'd keep it small and rough
 Full of third shift dreamers
 And high school love
 I'd keep the Church of Christ
 And the bowling alley open
 Where the Bud light signs
 Crackle while they're glowing
 If I could buy this town
 If I could buy one night
 I wouldn't buy the one you'd think
 I'd buy the one when my eyes teared up
 By the light above the kitchen sink
 And you held me tight
 And you begged me not to cry
 If I could buy the sweetness of one kiss
 Well, that's the one I'd buy
 If I could buy one night
 All the money in the world
 Couldn't buy a drop of real love, could it?
 And it really shouldn't, should it?
 If I could buy the stars
 I'd polish them so bright
 If I could buy your pain
 First I'd buy the great big sea
 And I'd put that pain inside a box
 And bury it so deep
 If I could I'd buy you back
 The years you worked yourself to death
 I would buy and waste your suffering
 Until there wasn't any left
 If I could buy your pain
 All the money in the world
 Couldn't buy a drop of real love, could it?
 And it really shouldn't, should it?
 But I'd gladly give you
 Every piece of my whole heart
 If I could buy this town
 I keep the Friday night bleachers
 Full of kids falling in love
 And unlikely believers
 And the firefighters are there
 'Cause their kid's in the game
 And we don't win too often
 But that ain't why we came
 If I could buy this town