Blair Mountain

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Jess Klein (born in 1974 in Rochester, New York) is an American singer/songwriter. A native of Rochester, NY, Klein picked up the acoustic guitar and started writing songs while living in Kingston, Jamaica in her late teens. On a whim, she auditioned for a guest slot at a local weekly dub poetry and music session. Upon hearing the first song Klein had written, the host Lady Elean Thomas declared "She have soul, mon." Klein returned home, moved to Boston, and began performing locally. After independently releasing her first two albums, winning the Telluride Troubador Songwriting Contest, and garnering several Boston Music Award nominations, she was signed to Rykodisc in 2000 by then-president George Howard. Her first release for Ryko, Draw Them Near [which rec… more »

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Blair Mountain

They stole the mountaintops
Brother they stole the mountaintops
What are we sposed to look up to?
Don't tell me the skies of blue
I need a path to climb
To make it through this life
And to know there's something more
Than to leave my children poor
Or my heart will surely stop
They stole the mountaintops

They let the tunnels cave
Brother they let the tunnels cave
Cave in on your friends so brave
Here's a photograph to save
Sorry for your loss
It's just the human cost
As he's lowered in his grave
Someone else will take his place
Need a job so they'll behave
They let the tunnels cave

I gave my life to this mountain
I gave my blood to this rock
Keep it flowing like a heavenly fountain
But the bleeding well it just won't stop

They turned the river black
Where she would wash your back
Ain't sposed to touch it now
But they won't tell us how
How they plan to fix
So many getting sick
And all about to crack
They turned the river black

I gave my life to this mountain
I gave my blood to this rock
Keep it flowing like a heavenly fountain
But the bleeding well it just won't stop

I gave my life to this mountain
I gave my blood to this rock
Keep it flowing like a heavenly fountain
But the bleeding well it just won't stop

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