So Long, Lindytown
Boone County West Virginia, up near the valley's crown
I proudly made my home there in a place called Lindytown
My daddy was a miner, working deep under the ground
'Til rich men found another way to take coal from Lindytown
Gone is the school, gone is the church and the steeple
Gone are the houses and the stores, gone are all the people
With dozers and shovels they knocked the whole thing down
This place had a name, only memories remain
So long, Lindytown
The stories stick in my mind, I remember every sound
There's silence now, not much to see what's left of Lindytown
I sometimes visit daddy, resting six feet under the ground
The old graveyard is the only sign there was life in Lindytown.
Gone is the school, gone is the church and the steeple
Gone are the houses and the stores, gone are all the people
With dozers and shovels they knocked the whole thing down
This place had a name, only memories remain
So long, Lindytown
Gone is the school, gone is the church and the steeple
Gone are the houses and the stores, gone are all the people
With dozers and shovels they knocked the whole thing down
This place had a name, only memories remain
So long, Lindytown
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