This was a town took care of it's own
That's what me and my children have known
I worked the mill the way my parents did
I remember this town when I was a kid
Sitting through the movies twice
Open windows late at night
Slipping out in the summer heat
To meet John Miller in the middle of the street
They laid a highway a few years back
Next town over by the railroad track
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die
I'm fifty-five and when the mill burned down
I wasn't much past a pretty young gal
Boss lit a match in the oily night
Cops never had enough to set it right
So while the company traded with our lives
We were busy watching that slow moon rise
Dancing on the dry grass bridge
Making love down by the Cedar County Bridge
They laid a highway a few years back
Next town over by the railroad track
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die
They never came to tear that old place down
They roped it off, but you can walk around
See the rust on the painted doors
Watch the rain fall through the burned out floors
This was a town took care of it's own
This was a town doing fine all alone
The mill got out a quarter to five
You could eat supper with any family you liked
They laid a highway a few years back
Next town over by the railroad track
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die
The lyrics LAID A HIGHWAY of TIFT MERRITT is also present in the album Tambourine (2004)
Tift Merritt (nata l'8 gennaio 1975) è una cantautrice americana di genere folk e country. Conosciuta per la sua voce potente e le melodie evocative, ha pubblicato due album per Lost Highway Records e uno per Fantasy Records. Tra i suoi successi si annoverano "Good Hearted Man", che ha raggiunto le classifiche, e l'album "Tambourine" del 2004, candidato ai Grammy Award e all'Americana Music Association. Il suo ultimo album, "Another Country", ha visto il singolo di lancio raggiungere la vetta delle classifiche Americana Airplay per diverse settimane. Merritt è anche nota per i suoi live album, tra cui "Home Is Loud" (2005) e "Buckingham Solo" (2009).
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