youngstown

here in northeast ohio

back in eighteen-o-three

james and dan heaton

found the ore that was linin' yellow creek

they built a blast furnace

here along the shore

and they made the cannonballs

that helped the union win the war

here in youngstown

here in youngstown

my sweet jenny i'm sinkin' down

here darlin' in youngstown

well my daddy worked the furnaces

kept 'em hotter than hell

i come home from 'nam worked my way to scarfer

a job that'd suit the devil as well

taconite coke and limestone

fed my children and make my pay

them smokestacks reachin' like the arms of god

into a beautiful sky of soot and clay

here in youngstown

here in youngstown

sweet jenny i'm sinkin' down

here darlin' in youngstown

well my daddy come on the ohio works

when he come home from world war two

now the yard's just scrap and rubble

he said them big boys did what hitler couldn't do."