So God Made Cass Grocery

God created the Earth and he looked down from on high,
He saw a certain group of people walking around with nowhere to go,
from Firetower to Cass-White to Cedar Creek Road,
A society without community cannot stand, said He
So God made Cass Grocery

God said, "I need a place where they can be home away from home,"
He needed a place made of bricks and wood
held together by the bonds of friendship and loyalty,
where good people congregate daily to talk about car parts, horse feed,
their kids, the Braves, their cousin's Camaro, the price of gas, PVC pipe,
Dale Earnhardt's death, the potholes on Shinall-Gaines Road, .44 slugs,
Skilsaws, chainsaws, roofing nails, the best way to get to Rome, food plots,
the red lights on 41, 2 cycle oil, john boats, Carter's Lake and dogs.
So God made Cass Grocery.

God said, "I need a place where characters with character can reside,"
Where Billy, Gene, Dee, Joel, Harold, J.L. Forrest, Doc, Gus, Junior, Marvin, Russell,
Jimmy Lee, Mark, Jubal, Andrew, Daryl, Ricky, Johnny, Eddie, Larry, Jim, Leon, Buck,
Earl, Randy, Keith, Mike, Dale, Matt, Brad, David, and W.L. can all say "hey" over a coffee.
Where they can pull up in their trucks after killing a ten pointer in Pine Log,
or reeling in the largest largemouth from a secret farm pond in Rydal and say,
"Hey, y'all ain't gonna believe this..."
So God made Cass Grocery.

God said, "I need a place where young boys can grow into men,"
Where they can pump gas and check oil at age nine,
Learn about lag screws, sparkplugs, 16 penny nails, water heater elements,
brass elbows, shutoff valves, drive shafts, cracked corn, and power steering fluid.
Where they get their first chew of Levi Garrett or their first drag of a Marlboro
and get laughed out of the parking lot with "we tried to tell ye!" when they turn green,
Where "gimme five in high test" and "car's thowed a rod" would send them into action,
Where things get done between Dean Durham's and Bill Dance's segments on the TV,
Where "This Ain't No Thinkin Thing" and "Tequila Sunrise" blare from the tiny radio,
while old men explain the difference between a Carolina rig and a Texas rig,
why you "pull" corn, why you "don't never check a radiator on a hot car," and whatever you do,
don't ever compare a Mossberg to a Browning.
So God made Cass Grocery.

God said, "I need a place where people can have pride in themselves and their town,"
Where crowds gather to admire somebody's rebuilt 327 engine,
Where the same crowd cheers when the car lays drag on the way to Adairsville,
Women never have to open their own door, pump their own gas or carry their groceries,
Where children get their first ice cream,
A place that is the first stop for newly licensed 16 year olds to show off their new wheels,
A place where you can order a 1/4 pound of bologna, a Moon Pie and pork rinds for lunch,
Where you can always borrow the water hose for your radiator or a empty milk jug for gas,
Where handshakes are plenty and you truly can "have a Coke and a smile"
and at the end of the day, you are glad that you were able to live that day.


So God made Cass Grocery.