She said,"I watch him walk down Main Street   A sweet one man parade   He'd tip his hat and just like that   Another score he'd made"      "I'd watch the girls all watch him   Moths drawn to the flame   The money showed, the laughter flowed   From the way he played the game   He played the game"      "Some said he was a rambler   Some said he was a rake   Some said he was a gambler   Some said he was a fake"      "But I knew him like no one else   A gentleman was he   His days belonged to himself   His nights belonged to me   Belonged to me"      "And they're talkin' in the town square   In the taverns and the shops   I hear them talkin' everywhere   Their talkin' never stops"      "But all their words of wisdom   Won't make you go away   The day they closed the factory down   They had nothing, nothing left to say"      She said, "I take care of my momma now   Since my father died   I'm raising baby brother too   The way my father tried"      "His thirty years in the factory ended   In that furnace blast   But they settled up for ten bucks a week   And the bitterness is past   It did not last"      So they're moving somewhere else now   With their cloths and fabric press   They found themselves another town   Where they'll make shirts for less      And that is why he said last night   He won't watch the old town die   But I would not take what he tried to leave   When he told me 'Good bye'   Ah, it's good bye      And they're talkin' in the town square   In the taverns and the shops   I hear them talkin' everywhere   Their talkin' never stops      But all their words of wisdom   Won't make you go away   The day they closed the factory down   They had nothing, nothing left to say      So they're talkin' of the changes   The closing brings about   Talkin' of the hard times   And the young folks moving out      Yes, they're talking as if talking can make   Everything all right   But all the talking ever done   Won't bring him back tonight   Ah, tonight      And they're talkin' talkin' talkin' talkin'   Talkin' in the shops   I hear them talkin' everywhere   Their talkin' never stops      But all their words of wisdom   Won't make you go away   The day they closed the factory down   They had nothing, nothing left to say