The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore

When I was a curly-headed baby
My daddy sat me down upon his knee
Said "Son, you go to school and learn your lessons
Don't become no dusty miner boy like me"

I was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard hollow
With the coal cars roaring and rumbling past my door
Now they're standing rusty rolling empty
'Cause the L&N don't stop here anymore

I used to think my daddy was a black man
With scrip enough to buy the company store
Now he goes to town with empty pockets
And his face is white as February snow

I was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard hollow
Coal cars roaring and rumbling past my door
Now they're standing rusty rolling empty
'Cause the L&N don't stop here anymore

Never thought I'd learn to love that coal dust
Never thought I'd yearn to hear those tipples roar
But how I wish the grass would change to money
And those greenbacks fill my pockets up once more

I was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard hollow
Coal cars roaring and rumbling past my door
Now they're standing rusty rolling empty
'Cause the L&N don't stop here anymore

Last night I dreamed I went down to the office
To get my paycheck like I've done before
Those kudzu vines had covered up the doorway
There was trees and weeds growing right up through the floor

I was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard hollow
Coal cars roaring and rumbling past my door
Now they're standing rusty rolling empty
'Cause the L&N don't stop here anymore