The Danville Blues
Jack Summers
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Well I used to go down And put a penny on those tracks Run up to the general store Come back and find if flat Now I find ways To fade it all to black Cause the next train out of Danville Ain't ever coming back in First they took our money Then they sold our soul Cause the only thing we ever knew Was how to dig for coal Grandpas in the ground here And daddy's growing old But now there ain't no place in Danville That makes it look like home There used to be something to live for A paycheck at the end of the week The American dream was never more Than a house down by Hewitt's Creek There used to be ballrooms and ball games And nights on the Summersville shore A bar where everyone knew your name But Danville ain't the same anymore No Danville ain't the same anymore Now Mama she got cancer She's losing all her hair And daddy doesn't talk It's like he isn't even there I tried to look for work But I'd rather kick the chair Cause those bastards at the coal plant Had us breathing poison air There used to be something to live for A union full of hard working men They say they don't need us anymore And it's likely that they never will again There used to be long lines of coal trains Shipping out to power the war A lover who'd softly say my name But Danville ain't the same anymore No Danville ain't the same anymore We used to have something We could leave behind Now we've left our kids To live on borrowed time Stole for generations But never charged for crimes Everywhere is Danville When the waters start to rise There used to be something to live for Like breathing in cool mountain air A forest full of dogwoods and sycamores But we burned it all be for you got there There used to be hope for a future But we ran all the rivers dry Now no one know for sure If we have what it takes to survive If we have what it takes to survive
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