Shale City Line - Bernie Shanahan
Well, she walks down by the Shale City Line
With the wind in her hair and a tear in her eye
Well, she loved a young man, a love so strong
She loved a young man, now he's gone
They were just two kids in love with life
In June they would be man and wife
And the families gave their blessings true
And smiled upon the joys of youth
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Nothin' comes from nothin'
That was something they'd always say
Workin' hard and livin' clean
Until their dying day
'Cause you never know when the Good Lord's gonna call you away
On the Shale City Line stood the house they'd own
In the Shale City mine he dug black stone
And they'd meet when each day's work was done
And dream up names they'd give their son
Well it made TV and it made the Times
"Mine collapses with men inside"
And the radio gave the dead men's names
In between commercials for razor blades
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© 1983 by Bernie Shanahan