Carry on you daughters
and carry on you sons.
You don’t know what
your elders have done,
do ya? They did it for silver
and they did it for gold.
and they did it for us.
Sometimes, they just did
what they were told.
They did it for good
and they did it for bad.
They did it for themselves
and they gave away
all that they had.

Hand me downs and hands up.
When we gonna grow up?
The history of the
world lives in this town.

There’s a bakery and
a hardware store.
Bread and nails since 1934.
There’s a diner where
they ate without WiFi.
Some of us talk and
some won’t even try.
They tried to get it right,
but sometimes It
all went wrong.
knocked down to the
ground get back up.
That’s what made
their weakness strong.

Hand me downs and hands up.
When we gonna grow up.
The history of the
world lives in this town.

Everyone is welcome
in our little town.
Everyone is welcome,
come on in and sit down.
Everyone is welcome
‘cause that’s the way
these folks were raised.
Everyone is welcome,
and they’re welcome to stay.

Hand me downs and hands up.
When we gonna grow up?
The history of the
world lives in this town.

Carry on you daughters
and carry on you sons.
You don’t know what your
elders have done, do ya?
They did it for silver
and they did it for gold,
and they did it for us.
Sometimes, they just did
what they were told.
They did it for good
and they did it for bad.
They did it for themselves,
so they wouldn’t lose the
life that they had.

Hand me downs and hands up.
When we gonna grow up?
The history of the
world lives in this town.

Hand me downs and hands up.
When we gonna grow up?
The history of the
world lives in this town.