Right now I’m sitting in the car dealership just down the road waiting for my car to be worked on and just finished listening to two women talking all about the shopping in Ellsworth (as well as their chronic gambling problems, ex-husbands, how scary the internet (‘they have maps to my house!’) is and various medical problems they really shouldn’t be sharing in public). I’ve even posted before about folks I’ve overheard here in the past, I swear they should mic & tape this place and make a reality show,
One of the topics they went on and on about was the new ‘Super-Wal Mart’ that opened here in Ellsworth last week. I haven’t been in it yet though ‘coincedentally’ the town decided to rip up the road that allowed me to avoid even driving by it so I’ve had to deal with all the traffic it’s generated.
Every time I drive by this new Wal Mart, I hear this David Mallet song playing in my head, especially “They got records and rugs, groceries and drugs, On acres of cold concrete floor, And when I walked in my head started to spin, I forgot what I came in for”
http://www.davidmallett.com/mainstreet.html
Main Street
There’s a new super store on the outside of town
It’s the very first thing that you see
The people are coming from miles around
‘Cause the merchants on Main can’t compete
They got records and rugs, groceries and drugs
On acres of cold concrete floor
And when I walked in my head started to spin
I forgot what I came in for
And I miss Main Street
Where everyone knew you by name
I miss Main Street
My, how this little town’s changed
There’s no stopping it, I guess
It’s all part of progress
Trading the old for the new
I miss Main Street
What in the world is this world comin’ to
Now, the old movie house is all boarded up
Just waitin’ to be torn down
Between the new mall and that damn wrecking ball
They are making short work of my town
Folks these days just spend their pay
In a discount atmosphere
And nobody knows where the money all goes
But none of it stays around here
And I miss Main Street
Where you knew everybody by name
I miss Main Street
My, how this little town’s changed
There’s no stopping it, I guess
It’s all part of progress
Trading the old for the new
I miss Main Street
What in the world is this world comin’ to
I used to love this town
When I was just a kid
If only you could see it now
The way that I once did
And I miss Main Street
Where everyone knew you by name
I miss Main Street
My, how this little town’s changed
There’s no stopping it, I guess
It’s all part of progress
Trading the old for the new
I miss Main Street
What in the world is this world comin’ to