Last Picturehouse Lyrics - The Pink And The Lily - Sandi Thom

Born to entertain us back in 1925 

So beautiful and strong enough to bring their dreams alive 

Always thought it would last forever 

And be the greatest thing they'd ever seen 

With a heart like Judy Garland 

And a the soul of Jimmy Dean 

And while the world was growing 

He was so gone with the wind 

That the future they were building 

Didn't have a room for him 

And now the buildings scrape the skyline 

And the stars no longer shine 

Cause nothing lasts forever in the changing times 

Oh so long and fare thee well 

A thousand stories he could tell 

Brick by brick they pulled him down 

The last picture house in town 

The crowds grew smaller though the years 

While the candy girls left town 

The projector slowly gathered dust 

While the house came tumbling down 

And at the final curtain calling 

He knew a golden age had passed 

Cause the lights had finally fallen 

And the dreams they didn't last 

Cause now the buildings scrape the skyline 

And the stars no longer shine 

Cause nothing lasts forever in the changing times 

Oh so long and fare thee well 

A thousand stories he could tell 

Brick by brick they pulled him down 

The last picture house in town 

Gene Kelly went singing for the last time in the rain 

And one more kiss with Betty Davies before the final frame 

And as the lights inside the ticket box go fading away 

It was the last movie the picture house would play 

Oh so long and fare thee well 

A thousand stories he could tell 

But brick by brick they pulled him down 

The last picture house in town.