Tom T. Hall - The Rolling Mills Of Middletown lyrics

The rolling mills of Middletown
Roll on, roll on, roll on
I knew him well
Old friend of mine from down Kentucky way
We had some high good times my
Friend back in our younger days
I knew he shouldn't marry any
Woman quite that wild
Then later on I learned that she
Had been expectin' a child
He got his job at making steel
And bought himself a home
Where the rolling mills of Middletown
Roll on, roll on, roll on
Well, there's money in those
Steel mills boys and he made quite a bit
He worked all night she shopped all
Day bought everything that fit
A helper on the BOF three
Thousand degrees at a round
His wife was just about that hot
In the bars in old Middletown
Of course he was the last to know
Oh but listen to my song
While the rolling mills of Middletown
Roll on, roll on, roll on
One night the foreman on his turn said
"Cool down No 2"
And he told my friend to go on
Home as soon as he was through
He stopped into a little bar to
Have a good cold beer
His woman and some dayturn guy
Were dancing closely there
Oh, I knew him well and in his
Mind there must have been a storm
While the rolling mills of
Middletown roll on, roll, on roll on
They say he never spoke a word
He just turned and walked away
And no one knows exactly what
Took place that fateful day
Some say they saw him near the
Tracks at furnace No 1
With heat so hot the hubs of
Hell would seem just barely warm
Well, they never saw my friend again
Did he do something wrong
While the rolling mills of Middletown
Ohio roll on, roll on, roll on