
An homage to the lost mountains, and to Country Roads STRIP MINE ROADS Words by Dick Ochs, to the tune Country Roads by John Denver, Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert No more heaven, West Virginia Mountaintop removal, poisoning the rivers Coal is king here, cutting down the trees Dusty ghost of mountains, blowing in the breeze ______ CHORUS: Strip mine roads, took my home And the place, I once belonged West Virginia, mountain blasting Took my home, strip mine roads All my memories, become forsaken As the fish and wildlife, habitat is taken Dark and dusty, painted on the sky Barren sight of moonscape, teardrop in my eye CHORUS BRIDGE: Global warming coal plants instead of wind and solar Power lines remind me of destruction every day Lookin down the road I get a feelin' that We shoulda stopped it yesterday, yesterday CHORUS (End: after last line of chorus) Took my home, Heaven knows Musicians: Warren Greenberg Margie Roswell (Guitar) Dick Ochs (Washtub Bass)
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