"Smokestack Town" lyrics

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

Hopped across Hawesville to the Paper Mill
Well it's nice to see its up and running still
Used to sneak down here with a rod and reel
And pray for a little luck
My daddy's still workin' the graveyard shift
Never seemed to really struggle much at all with it
Soon enough he'll save it up enough to call it quits
Cause it's broke his body down
That's the way it goes in a lonely Smokestack Town

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

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

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

This town ain't really ever changed, Since my parent's parents gave 'em names
But it's nice to see the same old friendly faces roamin' round
That sunset sky's still up in flames, At a district high school baseball game
And the Grass is blue and the river's running brown
I hope and pray they lay my body down
In a Smokestack Town
Smokestack Town