Two of the most distinctive voices in music, Iris DeMent, who wrote the song, and Emmylou Harris. This is another song from the BBC series, Transatlantic Sessions. "Our Town" was played in the closing moments of the last episode of the popular CBS TV series Northern Exposure. And you know the sun's settin' fast and just like they say nothing good ever lasts Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye but hold on to your lover 'cause your heart's bound to die Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town Can't you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town goodnight Up the street beside that red neon light that's where I met my baby on one hot summer night He was the tender and I ordered a beer It's been forty years and I'm still sitting here But you know the sun's settin' fast and just like they say nothing good ever lasts Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye but hold on to your lover 'cause your heart's bound to die Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town Can't you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town goodnight It's here I had my baby's and I had my first kiss I've walked down Main Street in the cold morning mist Over there is where I bought my first car it turned over once but then it never went far And I can see the sun settin' fast and just like they say nothing good ever lasts Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye but hold on to your lover 'cause your heart's bound to die Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town Can't you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town goodnight I buried my Mama and I buried my Pa They sleep up the street beside that pretty brick wall I bring them flowers about every day but I just gotta cry when I think what they'd say If they could see how the sun's settin' fast and just like they say nothing good ever lasts Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye but hold on to your lover 'cause your heart's bound to die Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town Can't you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town goodnight Now I sit on the porch and watch the lightning-bugs fly but I can't see too good, I got tears in my eyes I'm leaving tomorrow but I don't wanna go I love you my town, you'll always live in my soul But I can see the sun's settin' fast and just like they say nothing good ever lasts Well, go on I gotta kiss you goodbye but I'll hold to my lover 'cause my heart's 'bout to die Go on now and say goodbye to my town, to my town Can't you see the sun's settin' down on my town, on my town Goodnight, goodnight

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