Gravitational Pull
Franklin County Coding Company
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The hills roll like waves, so green, so wide
Where the rivers run deep, and the geese still fly
It's a place you can love, a place you can stay
But it don't give up its secrets without a price to pay
Men came for the coal, they came for the gold
But the land's got a story, it's never been told
It's beautiful, yeah, but it's heavy with regret
For every piece you take, there's something you forget
The land fought back, with its rocks and its sky
Tore their hearts out, as they watched dreams die
They needed it to live, but it broke 'em in two
This land gives what it takes, but it don't give you through
The beauty's in the hills, the rivers run clean
But when you tear at the earth, it don't stay serene
Southern Illinois, where the land's got a hold
Takes your dreams and your blood, leaves you out in the cold
The smoke from the mines, it hung in the air
Like a ghost of the men who thought they could dare
To take from the ground, to take from the soil
But the land's got a price, and it's never been whole
The valley looked so sweet, the sky so wide
But you had to rip it open just to survive
Now the land's scarred, but the beauty don't fade
And the men who built their lives on it, they all got betrayed
The land fought back, with its rocks and its sky
Tore their hearts out, as they watched dreams die
They needed it to live, but it broke 'em in two
This land gives what it takes, but it don't give you through
The beauty's in the hills, the rivers run clean
But when you tear at the earth, it don't stay serene
Southern Illinois, where the land's got a hold
Takes your dreams and your blood, leaves you out in the cold
I see the trees now, standin' tall and proud
But they've seen the men who came and how they bowed
I see the trees now, standin' tall and proud
But they've seen the men who came and how they bowed