The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore

Well when I was a curly headed baby My Daddy sat me down upon his knee He said, "Son, you go to school to learn your letters. Don't you be a dusty miner like me I was born and raised at the mouth of a Hazard holler With the coal cars rolling and rumbling by my door But now they're standing in a rusty row of empties And the L&N don't stop here no more I used to think my Daddy was a black man With scrip enough to buy the company store But now we walks downtown with empty pockets And a face as white as February snow I was born and raised at the mouth of a Hazard holler With the coal cars rolling and rumbling by my door But now they're standing in a rusty row of empties And the L&N don't stop here no more I dreamt last night I went down to the office To get my pay just like l'd done before But there was kudzu vines grown up over the window And there was leaves and grass growing right up through the floor I never thought I'd love to learn that coal dust Never thought I'd pray for the tipple's roar Oh how I wish the grass would turn to money And greenback's fill my pockets once more I was born and raised at the mouth of a Hazard holler With the coal cars rolling and rumbling by my door But now they're standing in a rusty row of empties And the L&N don't stop here no more --- The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore - The Local Honeys