Charles Wesley Godwin - Coal Country lyrics

I'm going down to Charleston
Through the shadow of the
Mountain this road winds
Through closed-up towns, forgotten dreams
And welcome signs fading far behind
Coal Country

I'm thankful for the sons who died
Didn't back down from a Federal fight
Where the lead lies still and
The smoke still rises
On the Blair mountainside coal Country

It put a roof over my head
And the armor on the tanks in Normandy
The lights shone bright in the
Hands of it's care
From the western skies to Washington, DC
Now it lies broken, high, and cold
In it's grave of Appalachian stone
Coal Country

Now we don't need tokens to a company store
That's what government stamps
And codeine's for
We may have won a few battles
But we lost the war
Now we're slaves and poor coal Country

It put a roof over my head
And the armor on the tanks in Normandy
The lights shone bright in the
Hands of it's care
From the western skies to Washington, DC
Now it lies broken, high, and cold
In it's grave of Appalachian stone
Coal Country