Yea, the whole town came out to watch  The day the paved the parking lot  Somebody hung a ribbon up,  And then they cut it down    And that big white rose upon that sign  Put innocence in all our lives  We could see its neon light  from half a mile out    Gas was .50 cents a gallon  They'd put it in for you  they'd bump your tires and check your oil,  And wash your windows too    And We'd shine those cars bright as bright  We'd go park underneath that light  Stare out at the prairie sky  There was nothing else to do    And now there's plywood for glass  Where the windows all got smashed  And there's just a chunk a'concrete  Where those old pumps used to stand    There's a couple a'cars half outta the ground  And that old sign still spins 'round 'n 'round  I guess the White Rose fillin' station's just a memory now    And the girls would spend a couple of bucks  Just to meet the boys workin' at the pumps  And we'd pull up and fall in love  And they've all moved away    Strangers used to stop and ask  How far they've driven off the map  And then they built that overpass  And now they stay out on the highway    'Cause there's plywood for glass  Where the windows all got smashed  And there's just a chunk a'concrete  Where those old pumps used to stand    There's a couple a'cars half outta the ground  And that old sign still spins 'round 'n 'round  I guess the White Rose fillin' station's just a memory now    And that neon sign was the heart and soul  of this ol' one horse town  And it's like it lost its will to live  The day they shut it down    And now there's plywood for glass  Where the windows all got smashed  And there's just a chunk a'concrete  Where those old pumps used to stand    There's a couple a'cars half outta the ground  And that old sign still spins 'round 'n 'round  I guess the White Rose fillin' station's just a memory now    Yea that ol' White Rose fillin' station's just a memory now