Michelle Shocked - The l and n dont stop here anymore

^EmWhen I was a ^Dcurly-headed ^Embaby My daddy set me ^Ddown on his ^Emknee Saying "Son you go to ^Dschool, you learn your ^Emletters Don't you ^Cbe no dusty ^Dminer, boy like ^Emme"

I was ^Dborn and raised at the mouth of the Hazard ^EmHoller Where the ^Dcoal carts rolled and rumbled past my ^Emdoor But now they stand in a ^Drusty row of all em^Empties Because the ^CL&N don't ^Dstop here a^Emnymore

I ^Emused to think my ^DDaddy was a ^Emblack man With scrip enough to ^Dbuy the company ^Emstore But now he goes to ^Dtown with empty ^Empockets And his ^Cface is as white as the ^DFebruary ^Emsnow

Never ^Emthought I'd live to ^Dlearn to love the ^Emcoaldust Never thought I'd pray to ^Dhear those temples ^Emroar But God I wish the ^Dgrass would turn to ^Emmoney And then them ^Cgreenbacks would fill my ^Dpockets once ^Emmore

Last ^Emnight I dreamed I ^Dwent down to the ^Emoffice To get my payday ^Dlike I done ^Embefore But them old kudzu vines was ^Dcovering the ^Emdoorway And there was l^Ceaves and grass growing ^Dright up through the f^Emloor

I was ^Dborn and raised at the mouth of the Hazard ^EmHoller Where the ^Dcoal carts rolled and rumbled past my ^Emdoor But now they stand in a ^Drusty row of all em^Empties Because the ^CL&N don't ^Dstop here a^Emnymore