Don't let'em tear that little brown building down by Bobby Bare () They passed an ordinance in the town () They said we'd have to tear it down () me () over and dead () It will stand forever in my ((D)) memory (G) Don't let'em tear that little brown building (D)down () down () down For there's not ( It was not so long ago. that I went () trippin through the snow () dog Where I sit me down to rest like a () snowbird on his nest And () catalogue I would hum a happy tunes pepin through the quarter moon Just like my daddy's kin had done before It was just a quite spot, daily cares could be forgot And it gave the same relief to rich or poor It wasn't fancy built at all it had newspapers on the wall It was air conditioned in the winter time It was just a humble hut but it's door was never shut And a man could get inside without a dime CHORUS Don't let'em tear that little brown building down Don't let'em tear that precious building down Don't let'em tear that dear old building down For there's not another like it in the country or the town