I used to like to listen
To the tales of the old men
Who sat around the old park square
But the piddlers and the whittlers
And the checker boards are gone
There's a brand new office building there
And the street known as Maple
Is much wider now
And there are no maples to be found
Since Consolidated Whozit
Subdivision of Universal
What-You-Call-It bought my old hometown
There used to be good fishing
Down along the shady mill stream
You'd see them as they jumped and played
But the blue gill and the croppie
And the old mill made way
For Chemical Division Section A
They pulled up the flowers
Planted by the Ladies' Club
And took the city founder statue down
When Consolidated Whozit
Subdivision of Universal
What-You-Call-It bought my old hometown
Yeah, the picture show has had it
Where I used to spend my Saturdays
With Jean and Roy and Hop along
Now the Brotherhood of Gismo Fixers Local 102
Is making it their temporary home
They cut down the maples
Along Maple Street
And of course the pool hall came down
When Consolidated Whozit
Subdivision of Universal
What-You-Call-It bought my old hometown