Kentucky winters are the coldest I've seen
When the lights are off in the factory
If the roads are good, we'll all drive down to Tennessee
To find some work and some property
The kids will be fine, they can just change schools
They won't talk back cause they know the rules
Who needs roots when it's hard just to find food
It's a ghost town, I'm nobody's fool
The summers are alright
The springs are all still beautiful
When autumn comes, you can feel the people getting cold
And you wonder why a town like this would die
Just to live again
Kentucky winter brings a man to his knees
Cause a frost can kill when it's time to seed
My mother says I can catch on with industry
Or just skip town and join the army
To leave here there would prove the others right
And I don't turn my back without a fight
A man needs roots to show him wrong from right
It's a ghost town, I'll stay here tonight
Cause the summers are alright
The springs are all still beautiful
When autumn comes, you can feel the people getting cold
And you wonder why a town like this would die
Just to live again
Apparition rising up for all to see
Blinding vision of a town that used to be
Wind blows through me like it's got something to say
The spirit won't die, but it might just fade away
The summers are alright
The springs are beautiful
When autumn comes, you can feel the people getting cold
And you wonder why a town like this would die
Just to live again