This Town Is Getting Smaller Every Year chords by Colin Buchanan

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There were
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young folk in the church hall
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In the old days they packed
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them in
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There was laughter, there was singing,
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it's a different story now.
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It's just a little town getting smaller every year,
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let the years slip quickly by, and then
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Wave your kids goodbye,
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off to make a life away from here
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This town is getting smaller every year
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Have your children,
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give them schooling
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Give them friendship,
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give them love
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Finish high school,
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hold them tightly
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Shed a tear and let them go
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It's just a little town getting
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smaller every year
Let the years slip quickly by,
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and then wave your kids goodbye
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Off to make a life away from here
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This town is getting smaller every year
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Head to uni, go to college
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Get employment, get a trade
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Meet a partner, start a family,
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only back on holidays
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It's just a little town getting
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smaller every year
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Let the years slip quickly by and
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then wave your kids goodbye
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Off to make a life away from here
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This town is getting smaller
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every year
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Smaller every year
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Yeah, smaller every year
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Oh, smaller every year
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Smaller and smaller
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