The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore

When I was a curly headed baby
Daddy sat me down on his knee
He said, "Son, go to school and get your lessons
Don't you be a dusty coal miner, boy, like me"

I was born and raised at the mouth of hazard hollow
The coal cars rollin' and rumblin' past my door
Now they stand in a rusty row of empties
'Cause the L and 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 is white as a February snow

I was born and raised at the mouth of hazard hollow
The coal cars rollin' and rumblin' past my door
Now they stand in a rusty row of empties
'Cause the L and N don't stop here anymore

Never thought I'd learn to love the coal dust
Never thought I'd yearn to hear that whistle roar
Oh, how I wish the grass would turn to money
And those greenbacks would fill my pockets once more

I was born and raised at the mouth of hazard hollow
The coal cars rollin' and rumblin' past my door
Now they stand in a rusty row of empties
'Cause the L and N don't stop here anymore

Last night I dreamed I went down to the office
To get my pay like a had done before
But them ol' kudzu vines were coverin' the doorway
There was grass and leaves growin' right up through the floor

I was born and raised at the mouth of hazard hollow
The coal cars rollin' and rumblin' past my door
Now they stand in a rusty row of empties
'Cause the L and N don't stop here anymore