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The L & N Don’t Stop Here Anymore
Billy Bragg with Joe Henry
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When I was a curly-headed baby
Daddy sat me down upon his knee
Saying, "Son, you go to school and learn your lessons
Don't become no dusty miner boy like me"
Was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazzard Hollow
With coal cars roaring and rumbling past my door
Now they stand in a rusty row of empties
'Cause the L&N don't stop here anymore
Used to think my daddy was a black man
With script enough to buy the company store
Now he goes to town with empty pockets
And his face as white as February snow
Was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazzard Hollow
With coal cars roaring and rumbling past my door
Now they stand in a rusty row of empties
'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 turn to money
And those greenbacks fill my pockets up once more
Was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazzard Hollow
With coal cars roaring and rumbling past my door
Now they stand in a rusty row of empties
'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 done before
But those kudzu vines were covering up the doorway
There was grease and weeds growing right up through the floor
Was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazzard Hollow
With coal cars roaring and rumbling past my door
Now they stand in a rusty row of empties
'Cause the L&N don't stop here anymore