《Laid A Highway(Album Version)》歌词

[00:00:00] Laid A Highway - Tift Merritt

[00:00:09] This was a town took care of it's own

[00:00:14] That's what me and my children have known

[00:00:18] I worked the mill the way my parents did

[00:00:22] I remember this town when I was a kid

[00:00:26] Sitting through the movies twice

[00:00:31] Open windows late at night

[00:00:35] Slipping out in the summer heat

[00:00:39] To meet John Miller in the middle of the street

[00:00:44] They laid a highway a few years back

[00:00:48] Next town over by the railroad track

[00:00:52] Some nights I'm glad it passed us by

[00:00:57] Some nights I sit and watch my hometown die

[00:01:09] I'm fifty-five and when the mill burned down

[00:01:13] I wasn't much past a pretty young gal

[00:01:17] Boss lit a match in the oily night

[00:01:22] Cops never had enough to set it right

[00:01:25] So while the company traded with our lives

[00:01:30] We were busy watching that slow moon rise

[00:01:35] Dancing on the dry grass bridge

[00:01:39] Making love down by the Cedar County Bridge

[00:01:43] They laid a highway a few years back

[00:01:48] Next town over by the railroad track

[00:01:52] Some nights I'm glad it passed us by

[00:01:56] Some nights I sit and watch my hometown die

[00:02:26] They never came to tear that old place down

[00:02:30] They roped it off but you can walk around

[00:02:35] See the rust on the painted doors

[00:02:39] Watch the rain fall through the burned out floors

[00:02:43] This was a town took care of it's own

[00:02:47] This was a town doing fine all alone

[00:02:52] The mill got out a quarter to five

[00:02:56] You could eat supper with any family you liked

[00:03:01] They laid a highway a few years back

[00:03:05] Next town over by the railroad track

[00:03:09] Some nights I'm glad it passed us by

[00:03:13] Some nights I sit and watch my hometown die