You tell me of a place where everybody knew their
Neighbors, all the families helped each other and no one
Ever locked their doors, you tell me no one locked their doors
Old man please stay a while I know at first I seemed too busyBut now I'll make the time stay and tell me one more story
Tell me about the time you ditched school to go fishing
You thought the branch would hold your neighbor
Pulled you from the river he helped you wash your clothesAnd stitch the hole in your trousers and your mom never knew
Why he giggled when he saw you a place where no one
Locks their doors a place where no one locks their doors
You tell me that you would show me only now it is too lateI would like to build community only now it is too late
Things can never be the way they were before you can't go back
To how things were before once the trust is gone
Once the trust is gone, once the trust is gone, you'll lock the door