Coal Country

I'm going down to Charleston
 Through the shadow of the mountain this road winds
 Through closed-up towns, forgotten dreams, and welcome signs
 Fading far behind
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 Coal Country
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 I'm thankful for the sons who died
 Didn't back down from a Federal fight
 Where the lead lies still and the smoke still rises
 On the Blair mountainside
 
 Coal Country
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 It put a roof over my head
 And the armor on the tanks in Normandy
 The lights shone bright in the hands of its care
 From the western skies to Washington D.C
 Now it lies broken, high, and cold
 In its grave of Appalachian stone
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 Coal Country
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 Now we don't need tokens to a company store
 That's what government stamps and codeine's for
 We may have won a few battles but we lost the war
 Now we're slaves and poor
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 Coal Country
 It put a roof over my head
 And the armor on the tanks in Normandy
 The lights shone bright in the hands of its care
 From the western skies to Washington, D.C
 Now it lies broken, high, and cold
 In its grave of Appalachian stone
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 Coal Country