Population 81

There used to be a sign Saying, "Welcome to Population 82" Just a little town with no line streets Where I loved you and you loved me But there ain't been a day of sun Since this town has become Population 81 We used to lay beside the lake Talk about the plans we'd make We'd build a house by that old oak tree Make it Population 83 Now those dreams have turned to dust Since this town has become Population 81 I threw a penny in the wishing well And I made a wish that wished you well And I watched it sink away from me, away from me Now when I go down to the corner store Where the old men sit out on the porch I hear what they don't say to me But they'll talk about it when I leave 'Cause they know what's done is done And that this town has become Population 81 I took a walk out on the bridge And I dropped that diamond off the edge And I watched it sink away from me Away from me, away from me There used to be a sign Saying, "Welcome to Population 82" Just a little town with no line streets Where I loved you and you loved me Oh, you loved me You loved me Oh, I watched you slip away from me