This guy was on a repeat of A Prairie Home Companion this weekend. I laughed bitterly during the song, finally got around to looking him up today.
Four Wal-Marts
Maultsby/ Peter Cooper
(dedicated to John W. Cooper)
Strip malts on both sides of the street
Asphalt on top of concrete
We're fifteen miles from the county seat
But man, we've really got it made
We got a new traffic circle on the north side of town
My haby likes to go and ride around and around
Pickv her up when she gets down
And washes her btues away
Chorus
We got four Wal-Marts
In the tri-county area
An outlet mall
It's bargain hysteria
A new Burger King so our kids get jobs
We don't need you big city snobs
It's small town America
We got a cement confederate we march on by
In our big parade on the 4th of July
The old money folks and the neckus redekai
We're bursting at the seams
They closed the door on the five and dime
But the west side's growing like a kudzu vine
Standing for an hour in the Applehee's line
'Cause we know what it means
Repeat Chorus
Maybe the downtown has seen its better days
But think of all of the money we can save
A free market free-for-all
Has come to save the day
Join your local wholesale club
Or get out of our way
We've got four Wal-Marts
In the tri-county area
An outlet mall
It's bargain hysteria
We got a HP with a cappuccino machine
An Exxon attached to a Dairy Queen
'Cause it's small town, mall town America
It's small town America
Strip malls on both sides of the street
Asphalt on top of concrete
Baker Maultsby
Bingo=Sin
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