Smokestack Town

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Well, I took a little trip to the smokestack town 
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It's the only thing that helps me when I'm feeling down 
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Took a left in the high school parking 
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Lit a spliff in the VP parking spot 
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Got an old Toyota, four bald tires 
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Took her down River Road and past Southwire 
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Pulled it off that two-story house burnt down 
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Nothing left but ashes now 


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I've been 'cross Hogsville to the paper mill 
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Well, it's nice to see it's up and running still 
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Used to sleep down here with a rod and reel and pray for a little luck 
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And my daddy's still working the graveyard shift 
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Never seemed to really struggle much at all with it 
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Soon enough, he saved it up enough to call it quits 
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'Cause it broke his body down 
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And that's the way it goes in a lonely smokestack town 


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This town ain't really ever changed 
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Since my parents' parents gave 'em names 
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But it's nice to see the same old friendly faces roaming 'round 
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That sunset sky still up in flames 
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At a district high school baseball game 
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And the grass is blue and the river's running brown 
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In a smokestack town 


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Well, I pulled on in the Vastwood Park 
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Where the kids are still hanging out after dark 
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No light but a butane lighter spark 
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Smells a little too loud 
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They swear their parents still don't know 
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But they were here too, not long ago 
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After all, there ain't elsewhere to go in a lonely smokestack town 
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It's just nice to see the kids still hang around 



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And this town ain't really ever changed 
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Since my parents' parents gave 'em names 
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But it's nice to see the same old friendly faces roaming 'round 
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That sunset sky still up in flames 
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At a district high school baseball game 
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And the grass is blue and the river's running brown 
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In a smokestack town 


Instrumental: Break 
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This town ain't really ever changed 
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Since my parents' parents gave 'em names 
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But it's nice to see the same old friendly faces roaming 'round 
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That sunset sky still up in flames 
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At a district high school baseball game 
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And the grass is blue and the river's running brown 


Outro: 
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And I hope and pray they lay my body down 
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In a smokestack town 
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Smokestack town