Artist: Sawyer Brown Album: Cafe On The Corner Song: Cafe On The Corner Year: 1992 Top Chart Position: unknown

At the cafe down on the corner With a lost look on his face There ain't no fields to plow No reason to now He's just a little out of place They say crime don't pay But neither does farmin' these days And the coffee is cold And he's fifty years old And he's got to learn to live some other way At the cafe down on the corner With a lost look on his face There ain't no fields to plow He's busin' tables now He's just a little out of place And the meek shall inherit the earth And the bank shall repossess it This job don't pay half what it's worth But it's a thankful man that gets it At the cafe down on the corner With a lost look on his face There ain't no fields to plow He's wishin' for one now He's just a little out of place All these soldiers without wars And hometown boys without a home Farmers without fields Dealers without deals And they sit here drinking coffee all alone At the cafe down on the corner With a lost look on their face There ain't no fields to plow They're wishin' for one now There're just a little out of place

Cafe on the Corner represents the lone country song on our list. It is very representative of what is going on in many rural areas today. Like Allentown, the economy has been shifting away from agriculture for a long time. In this case, the fifty year old farmer in the song cannot make a living at farming, and he does not have enough financial resources to retire. He must therefore find a job, which comes in the form of a busboy at the "Cafe on the Corner." This is a job he is not comfortable with, and he feels "just a little out of place." This is a very sad effect of technology, but unfortunately it does happen.