Lyrics

Mahanoy City

She’s wakin’ up at five in the mornin’
As the sun spreads its cross-mountain rays
Run those cables down slow
For the seven o'clock show
As she winds down her twelve-hour days

Well, she once was a loud thrivin’ engine
As she powered the Great Northern Plain
Then that old iron horse
Fell by God’s will, of course,
For the scrap metal time steals again

And it’s “Good mornin’, Mahanoy City”
Your row houses all covered in black
You once ran on steam
The American dream
You’ve been gone
Are you ever coming back?

That miner and his wife, they had two babies
And those children, they had babies of their own
There’s one workin’ Dollar General
Other’s locked up in the federal
Hard time livin’ here
In our mountain home

There’s a fire ragin’ deep beneath the underground
Throwing embers of the earth on Centralia town
Ragin’ waters, they’ve been floodin’ out the old coal vein
Blue Ridge Cable boys run wires just to ease our pain
Ease our pain

Now the passing of time has come between us
You’ve whistled your coal mountain call
As one we stand together
As one we break apart
When the waters below rise and they fall

And it’s “Good mornin’, Mahanoy City”
Your row houses all covered in black
You once ran on steam
The American Dream
You’ve been gone
Are you ever coming back?

You once ran on steam
The American Dream
You’ve been gone
Are you ever coming back?

Written by Andrew Portz
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