Written by Steve Earle
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I was born on this mountain a long time ago
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‘fore they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal.
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When you rose in the mornin' before it was light,
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Go down in that dark hole and come back up at night.
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I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home
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And she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe.
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Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone,
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But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home.
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I was young on this mountain but now I am old,
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And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole
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Till one night I lay down and woke up to find
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That my childhood was over; I went down in the mine.
(Chorus)
Instrumental break
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There's a hole in this mountain; it's dark and it's deep
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And God only knows all the secrets it keeps.
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There's a chill in the air only miners can feel
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And there’s ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed.
(Chorus)
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key step down
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