coal town

daddy wasn't the first

but he might be the last

in a long line of men

covered in black soot and ash

ain't much work around here since they've closed down the mines

we're either working in the prisons or we're logging them pines

we're just taking what we're given

scraping out a living

getting by is all we've ever known

our whole world stopped turning

when them headlamps quit burning

now we're picking up the pieces off the ground

in what's left of a coal town

no one had a choice when the jobs up and left

it was a man in a suit

who thought he knew best

but he never saw what it was before or what it's now become

and there ain't no turning back

cause what's done is done

and we're just taking what we're given

scraping out a living

getting by is all we've ever known

our whole world stopped turning

when them headlamps quit burning

now we're picking up the pieces off the ground

in what's left of a coal town

you know what's left of a coal town

we're just taking what we're given

scraping out a living

getting by is all we've ever known

our whole world stopped turning

when them headlamps quit burning

now we're picking up the pieces off the ground

and now we're picking up the pieces off the ground

in what's left of a coal town

in what's left of a coal town

and well daddy wasn't the first

but he might be the last