Company Town

And that train rolled by

Northbound its steam billowing high

And my hopes they reach its height

I'm far below that lustrous sky, my eyes

Blink the dust away

Grit coats the roads, the shacks, the graves

This town raised me as a child

Mama was sick for quite awhile

Her mind slowly slipped away

I grew, despite the days

And those days rolled by

I kept the home a place to call mine in time

Though I worked the ground

Crops never grew, just withered and browned

My life was a well spring dry

Said my farewells to the town, goodbye

Now I resolute to try

Leapt on the train 'fore it rolled by

So long to the old malaise

With a pack on my back, I buried those days