The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore

Well, when I was a curly-headed baby

My daddy set 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

Coal cars rolled and rumbled by my door

Oh, but now they're standin' in a rusty row of empties

And the L&N don't stop here no more

Well, I used to think my daddy was a Black man

With scrip enough to buy the company store

Oh, but now he goes 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 rollin', rumblin' by my door

Oh, but now they're standin' 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 I've done before

There was kudzu vines half-grown up over the windows

And there was leaves and grass growin' right up through the floor

Well, I never thought I'd learn to love that coal dust

I never thought I'd pray for the tipple's roar

Oh, how I wish the grass would turn to money

And greenbacks fill my pockets once more

I was born and raised at the mouth of a Hazard holler

Coal cars rollin' and rumblin' by my door

Oh, but now they're standin' in a rusty row of empties

And the L&N don't stop here no more