Billy Bragg Plays It With Guitar Tuned A Whole Step Lower, Am + GThis Version Is Transposed To Standard Tuning.IntroVerse 1When I Was A Cy-Headed BabyMy Daddy Sat Me Down Upon His KneeSaid "Son, You Go To School And Learn Your LessonsDon't Become No Dusty Miner Boy Like Me"ChorusI Was Born And Raised In The Mouth Of The Hazard HollowWith The Coal Cars Roaring And Rumbling Past My DoorNow They're Standing Rusty Rolling Empty'Cause The L&N Don't Stop Here AnymoreVerse 2I Used To Think My Daddy Was A Black ManWith Scrip Enough To Buy The Company StoreNow He Goes To Town With Empty PocketsAnd His Face Is White As February SnowChorusI Was Born And Raised In The Mouth Of The Hazard HollowWith The Coal Cars Roaring And Rumbling Past My DoorNow They're Standing Rusty Rolling Empty'Cause The L&N Don't Stop Here AnymoreVerse 3Never Thought I'd Learn To Love That Coal DustNever Thought I'd Yearn To Hear Those Tipples RoarBut How I Wish The Grass Would Change To MoneyAnd Those Greenbacks Fill My Pockets Up Once MoreChorusI Was Born And Raised In The Mouth Of The Hazard HollowWith The Coal Cars Roaring And Rumbling Past My DoorNow They're Standing Rusty Rolling Empty'Cause The L&N Don't Stop Here AnymoreVerse 4Last Night I Dreamed I Went Down To The OfficeTo Get My Paycheck Like I've Done BeforeThose Kudzu Vines Had Covered Up The DoorwayThere Was Trees And Weeds Growing Right Up Through The FloorChorusI Was Born And Raised In The Mouth Of The Hazard HollowWith The Coal Cars Roaring And Rumbling Past My DoorNow They're Standing Rusty Rolling Empty'Cause The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore
