"The Window" lyrics

I could hear the train sizzling down the tracks
From the window where I spent my youth
Yeah, filled with empty promises
Piled high, full of broken truth
She's headed for the Promised Land
A mile and a half of twisting steel
Yeah, built on lies and dollar signs
Good strong backs, and ground cornmeal

Broken bodies, broken system
Broken families, broken hearts
Another day, another dollar
Another trip down in the dark
And it's always one step forward
And two steps back
Money's green and coal is black
And you can't get family back

It was real good for a little while
Yeah, the company dollar kept us fed
Overtime and blood and sweat
Kept a roof over our head
That train is getting lighter now
It don't whine like it used to do
And the bills are piling up these days
Black lung never did come through

Broken bodies, broken system
Broken families, broken hearts
Another day, another dollar
Another trip down in the dark
And it's always one step forward
And two steps back
Money's green and coal is black
And you can't get family back

And now that I'm an older man
My hair is fading into gray
Yeah, the depot's just a graveyard now
Tombstone of our yesterday

Broken bodies, broken system
Broken families, broken hearts
Another day, another dollar
Another trip down in the dark
And it's always one step forward
And two steps back
Money's green and coal is black
And you can't get family back