Panopticon - Black Waters lyrics

I come from the mountains
Kentucky's my home where the wild dear the
Black bear so lately did roam
By the cool rushing water fall
The wild flowers dream and
In every green valley there
Runs a clear stream
Now there are scenes of destruction
On every hand and
Only black waters run down through my land
Sad scenes of destruction every hand
Black waters
Black waters run down through my land
Well the quail, she is a pretty bird
She sings a sweet tongue
In the roots of the tall timber
She nests with her young
Then the hillside explodes with a
Dynamite's roar and the voice
Of the small bird will sound there no more
And the mountain comes a sliding
So awful and grand
And the flooding black waters
Rise over my land
In the coming of the spring
Time we planted our corn
In the end of the spring
Time we buried our son
In the summer comes a nice
Man who says everything's fine
My employer just requires a way to his mine
Then they tore down the mountain
And covered my corn and
The grave on the hillside a mile deeper down
In the man stands a talking
With his hat in his
Hands while the poisoned black waters
Rise over my land
Sad scenes of destruction every hand
Black waters
Black waters run down through my land
Well I ain't got no money
Not much of a home I own my
Own land but my land's not my
Own but if I had 10 billion
Or somewhere thereabouts I'd buy Perry
County and run 'em all out and sit
On the banks with my bait
And my can and watch the clear
Waters run down through my land
Now wouldn't that be like
The old promised land?
Black waters black waters no more in my land