Tift Merritt - Laid a highway

^GThis was a town took care of it's own ^DThat's what me and my children have known ^CI worked the mill the way my parents did ^GI remember this town when I was a kid ^BmSitting through the movies twice ^COpen windows late at night ^GSlipping out in the summer heat ^DTo meet John Miller in the middle of the street

^CThey laid a highway a few years back ^GNext town over by the railroad track ^DSome nights, I'm glad it passed us by ^CSome nights, I sit and watch my hometo^Gwn ^Ddi^Ce

^GI'm fifty-five and when the mill burned down ^DI wasn't much past a pretty young gal ^CBoss lit a match in the oily night ^GCops never had enough to set it right So while the ^Bmcompany traded with our lives We were ^Cbusy watching that slow moon rise ^GDancing on the high grass ridge ^DMaking love down by the Cedar County Bridge

^CThey laid a highway a few years back ^GNext town over by the railroad track ^DSome nights, I'm glad it passed us by ^CSome nights, I sit and watch my hometown die ^{G D C}

^GThey never came to tear that old place down ^DThey roped it off, but you can walk around ^CSee the rust on the painted doors ^GWatch the rain fall through the burned out floors ^BmThis was a town took care of it's own ^CThis was a town doing fine all alone ^GThe mill got out a quarter to five You could^D eat supper with any family you liked

^CThey laid a highway a few years back ^GNext town over by the railroad track ^DSome nights, I'm glad it passed us by ^CSome nights, I sit and watch my hometown die ^{G D C}