Appalachian

I come from the holler, me and the flowers got taller

We reached right out to the sun, we drank up all of the rain

Like a spider we spun

Our web in all directions

They'll try to wither you right down, tear you up from the red ground

If you're poor then you're stupid and blind

But I'd say a calloused hand

Is far better than a callous mind

I'm an Appalachian, I'm a Cripple Creek pearl

I'm a can to ash in, for the rest of the world

Another city they're carving, and here the people are starving

And we send our kids off to school

Hoping whatever they're read, whatever they're fed

Is enough to get em through

Working forty-five hours, while all the people in power

Keep us under their boot

Swear it's for our own sake, put the money we make

In the pockets of their suits

I'm an Appalachian, I'm a Cripple Creek pearl

I'm a can to ash in, for the rest of the world

I'm an Appalachian, I'm a Cripple Creek pearl

I'm a can to ash in, for the rest of the world