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 I came back to California cause my home was here

 To look up my old sweetheart just for fun

 Mom and Dad had both passed on in two short years

 While my patriotic chores bein’ done

I saw changes all around me and some were good

But I hardly recognized my side of town

They tore down the swingin' casing from the cottowood

And that tree was all that marked familar ground.

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Oh, they're tearin' the labor camps down

 And I feel a little sentimental shame

 Where's a working man gonna live at in this town

 Oh, they're tearin' the labor camps down.

The Hilltop family market had been moved somewhere

And the name was changed to fit the newer homes

The things that I remember were no longer there

And the cabin that my daddy built was gone.

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