The World's a Big Small Town

[couchgrouch]

The World's a Big Small TownGreyhound hit town right around dawndidn't seem like I'd been gone that longsaw the world from Saigon to Hong KongIran to Japan as a MarineI stood at that chilly bus stopsaw the Shell station and the coffee shopJoe and Pedro already on the joband I found I'd learned a few thingscultures may change in foreign placesbut hearts stay the same behind diff'rent facescos the world's a big small townif you doubt it just look aroundbuddy of mine chose to stay behindcos he loved a girl in Tokyowrangler at Slim's corral,wed a raven haired galborn in MexicoI drank Jim Beam in crazy German honky tonkswe've all got the same needs and wantsbeen all around and I foundthe world's a big small townthe rich rancher with two cowhorn cadillacshis blue hair wife's a tough old battleaxehe bought half the land to hell and backhis farming neighbor has Commanche bloodthey feud over where the fence should beand who gets the water from Spirit creekbut that farmer pulled his caddy freewhen it was mud stuck after a floodthough we may disagree with our neighborChristians are there when they need a favorcos the world's a big small townwhere most try to make heaven proudthe cryin' man who kneels by a cross in the fieldno one knows what faith he isno matter where they're fromwhen they lose someonenobody's an atheistall born and bound for the same cold groundthe world is a big small townyeah, life's a small town in Texas in a corner of the southendless sky...two quiet exitsjust one way in and one way outso brother be kind to each otherthe world's a big small town(c)2005 Robert George