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"Our Town" is a song used in the Disney/Pixar film, Cars. It was composed by Randy Newman, and performed by James Taylor, which appears on the Cars (Original Motion Picture) Soundtrack album made by Walt Disney Records.

The song is a ballad that recounts the economic decline of the fictional town of Radiator Springs after the construction of Interstate 40.

At the 49th Grammy Awards (given on February 11, 2007), the song won the award for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media. The same night, Newman's work for Cars won for Music in an Animated Feature Production, at the 34th Annie Awards. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost to "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth.

Lyrics

Long ago, but not so very long ago,
the world was different
Oh, yes it was
You settle down, and you build a town and made it there
And you watch it grow
It was your town

Time goes by
Time brings changes
You change too
Nothing comes that you can't handle, so on you go
You never see it coming, when the world caves in on you
On your town
There's nothing you can do

Main street isn't main street anymore
Lights don't shine as brightly as they shone before
Tell the truth, lights don't shine at all
In our town

Sun comes up each morning, just like it's always done
Get up, go to work, and start the day
You open up for business, that's never gonna come
As the world rolls by, a million miles away

Main street isn't main street anymore
No one seems to need us like they did before
It's hard to find a reason left to stay
But it's our town
We love it anyway

Come what may
It's our torn


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Media
Cars/Soundtrack • Cars 2/Soundtrack • Cars 3/Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Original Score Soundtrack • Mater and the Ghostlight • Cars Toons • Cars: Racing Sports Network • Disney's Wonderful World of Reading • Little Golden Book • Video

Video Games: Cars: The Video Game • Cars 2: The Video Game • Cars: Mater-National Championship • Cars: Race-O-Rama • The World of Cars Online • Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures • Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure • Disney INFINITY • Cars: Fast as Lightning • Cars 3: Driven to Win

Disney Parks
Cars Land • Disney's Art of Animation Resort • Cars Quatre Roues Rallye • Disney Animation Building • Luigi's Flying Tires • Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters • Mater's Junkyard Jamboree • Pixar Pal-A-Round • Radiator Springs Racers

Entertainment: Lightning McQueen Live! • Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy • Moteurs... Action! Stunt Show Spectacular • Pixar Playtime Pals
Restaurants: Cozy Cone Motel • Fillmore's Taste-In • Flo's V8 Cafe
Shops: Radiator Springs Curios • Ramone's House of Body Art • Sarge's Surplus Hut
Parade: Mickey's New Year's Eve Parade • Paint The Night Parade • Pixar Play Parade
Firework: Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular • Wonderful World of Animation • World of Color: Celebrate!

Characters
Cars: Lightning McQueen • Mater • Sally Carrera • Mack • The King • Chick Hicks • Brush Curber • Mia and Tia • Harv • Doc Hudson • Flo • Ramone • Sheriff • Luigi • Guido • Sarge • Fillmore • Red • Lizzie • Stanley • Bessie • Tex Dinoco • Lynda Weathers • Jay Limo • Frank • Tractors • Jerry Recycled Batteries

Cars 2: Finn McMissile • Holley Shiftwell • Tony Trihull • Rod "Torque" Redline • Tomber • Miles Axlerod • Professor Zündapp • Grem • Acer • Francesco Bernoulli • Vladimir Trunkov • J. Curby Gremlin • Ivan • Uncle Topolino • Mama Topolino
Cars 3: Cruz Ramirez • Jackson Storm • Sterling • Miss Fritter • Chase Racelott • Danny Swervez • Bubba Wheelhouse • Bobby Swift • Smokey • Junior, River, and Louise
Mater and the Ghostlight: Screamin' Banshee
Cars Toons: Kabuto • Big D • Skipper Riley • Sandy Dunes • Blue Grit • Idle Threat • Shifty Sidewinder • Didi 05 • Mike 07
Video Games: Candice • Stinger
Deleted Characters: Zil

Episodes
Mater's Tall Tales: Rescue Squad Mater • Mater the Greater • El Materdor • Tokyo Mater • Unidentified Flying Mater • Monster Truck Mater • Heavy Metal Mater • Moon Mater • Mater Private Eye • Air Mater • Time Travel Mater

Tales From Radiator Springs: Hiccups • Bugged • Spinning • The Radiator Springs 500½
Cancelled Episodes: To Protect and Serve

Songs
Cars: Real Gone • Life is a Highway • Our Town • Sh-Boom • Route 66 • Find Yourself • Behind the Clouds • My Heart Would Know

Cars 2: You Might Think • Collision of Worlds • Mon Cœur Fait Vroum (My Heart Goes Vroom) • Nobody's Fool
Cars 3: Run That Race • Glory Days • Ride
Video games: Free Ride

Organizations/Groups
Dinoco • Tuner Cars • World Grand Prix • Lemons
Locations
Radiator Springs • Luigi's Casa Della Tires • Ramone's House of Body Art • Cozy Cone Motel • Mrs. Piston • Willy's Butte • Radiator Springs Curios • Radiator Springs Drive-In Theatre • Wheel Well Motel • London, England • Paris, France • Porto Corsa • Tokyo • California • Los Angeles International Speedway • Motor Speedway of the South • Ornament Valley • Big Ben • Top Down Truckstop • Big Bentley • Hollywood
Objects
Piston Cup • Allinol • TripleDent Gum
See Also
The Science Behind Pixar • Pixar in a Box
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