The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore

Johnny Cash

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1. When I was a curly headed baby,
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    my daddy sat me down upon his knee.
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    He said, "Boy, you go to school and learn your letters,
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    don't you be a dirty miner like me."

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I was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard Hollow,
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coal cars rambled past my door,
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Now they're standing in an empty row all dusty,
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and the L & N don't stop here anymore.

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2. Well, I used to think my daddy was a black man,
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    with script enough to buy the company store.
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    Now he goes downtown with his pockets empty,
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    and his face is white as the February snow.

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I was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard Hollow,
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coal cars rambled past my door,
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Now they're standing in an empty row all dusty,
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and the L & N don't stop here anymore.

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3. Last night I dreamed I went down to the coal yard
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    to draw my pay just like Id done before.
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    Them ol' kudzu vines were coming through the window,
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   and the weeds and grass were growing through the floor.

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I was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard Hollow,
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coal cars rambled past my door,
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Now they're standing in a rusty row all empty,
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and the L & N don't stop here anymore.

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And the L & N don't stop here anymore.