Youngstown

Here in North East Ohio, back in 1803 James and Danny Heaton found the ore that was linin' Yellow Creek They built a blast furnace here along the shore And they made the cannonballs that helped the Union win the war Here in Youngstown Here in Youngstown My sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down Here, darlin', in Youngstown Well, my daddy worked the furnaces Kept 'em hotter than hell I come home from 'Nam, worked my way to scarfer A job that'd suit the devil as well Taconite coke and limestone Fed my children and make my pay Them smokestacks reachin' like the arms of God Into a beautiful sky of soot and clay Here in Youngstown Here in Youngstown Sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down Here, darlin', in Youngstown Well, my daddy come on the Ohio works When he come home from World War II Now the yard's just scrap and rubble He said, "Them big boys did what Hitler couldn't do" Yeah, these mills they built the tanks and bombs That won this country's wars We sent our sons to Korea and Vietnam Now we're wondering what they were dyin' for Here in Youngstown Here in Youngstown My sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down Here, darlin', in Youngstown From the Monongahela valley To the Mesabi iron range To the coal mines of Appalachia The story's always the same 700 tons of metal a day Now, sir, you tell me the world's changed Once I made you rich enough Rich enough to forget my name In Youngstown In Youngstown My sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down Here, darlin', in Youngstown When I die, I don't want no part of heaven I would not do heaven's work well I pray the devil comes and takes me To stand in the fiery furnaces of hell