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Song Lyrics
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- Twenty-Inch Mill/Celebrated Working Man
- Where the Old Allegheny and Monongahela Flow
- Altoona Freight Wreck
- Draglines
- Spike Crain
- Hard Travelin'
- Coal Diggin' Blues
- Bread and Roses
- I Lie in the American Land
- Two Cent Coal
- Soho on Saturday Night
4. Draglines
(Deborah Silverstein)
Chorus:
Draglines on my heart, they're tearing us apart
And the mountainside where we were born
Must I weep and mourn for the land that took ten million years to form
Now all my eyes can see are just the bleeding scars across the mountainside
Coalport, PA, just a little town tucked too far away -- for anyone to know
But the folks born and raised, six generations working day by day
Trying to build themselves a home
(Chorus)
Our neighbors down the road farmed twelve acres, worked a heavy load
Poor as dirt though they tried. Till the coal company came through
Said we'll mine this land, take the burden off of you
And we'll see that you get by
(Chorus)
First they tore down the home where Grandma and all the kids were born
They just brushed it all aside. Then came the big machines -- ripped up the trees
And muddied all the streams while the family stood and cried
Draglines at my heart, they're tearing us apart
And the mountain side where we were born
Take warning that the storm clouds will come and block on the sun
That shines upon the folks who seek their fortunes off
The families who have died, trying to survive, across the mountain side
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