When I was a curly headed baby My daddy sat me down on his knee He said, "go to school and learn your letters Don't you be a dirt miner like me" I was born and raised at the mouth of hazard hollow The coal cars rumbled past my door Now they stand in a rusty row all empty And the L and N don't stop here anymore I used to think my daddy was a black man With script enough to buy the company store Now he goes to town with empty pockets And his face is white as a February snow I was born and raised at the mouth of hazard hollow The coal cars rumbled and past my door Now they stand in a rusty row all empty And the L and N don't stop here anymore Last night I dreamed I went down to the coal yard To drown my pay like a had done before But them ol' kudzu vines were covering the door And the trees and grass growing through the floor I was born and raised at the mouth of hazard hollow The coal cars rumbled and past my door Now they stand in a rusty row all empty And the L and N don't stop here anymore Now the L and N don't stop here anymore