Youngstown

Here in northeast Ohio, back in eighteen-o-three
James and Danny Heaton found the ore that was linin Yellow Creek
They built a blast furnace here along the shore
And they made the cannon balls that helped the Union win the war
Here in Youngstown, here in Youngstown
My sweet Jenny Im sinkin down
Here darlin in Youngstown
Well my daddy worked the furnaces, kept em hotter than hell
I come home from Nam worked my way to scarfer, a job thatd suit the devil as well
Well taconite coke and limestone fed my children and made my pay
Them smokestacks reachin like the arms of God into a beautiful sky of soot and clay
Here in Youngstown, here in Youngstown
Sweet Jenny Im sinkin down
Here darlin in Youngstown
Well my daddy come on the Ohio works when he come home from World War Two
Now the yards just scrap and rubble, he said 'Them big boys did what Hitler couldnt do.'
Yeah these mills they built the tanks and bombs that won this countrys wars
We sent our sons to Korea and Vietnam, now were wondering what they were dyin for
Here in Youngstown, here in Youngstown
My sweet Jenny Im sinkin down
Here darlin in Youngstown
From the Monongahela valley to the Mesabi iron range
To the coal mines of Appalachia, the storys always the same
Seven hundred tons of metal a day, now sir you tell me the worlds changed
Once I made you rich enough, rich enough to forget my name
And Youngstown , and Youngstown
My sweet Jenny Im sinkin down
Here darlin in Youngstown
When I die I dont want no part of heaven, I would not do heavens work well
I pray the devil comes and takes me to stand in the fiery furnaces of hell