When I was a curly headed baby   My daddy sat me down upon his knee   He said, "Boy, you go to school and learn your letters   Don't you be a dirty miner like me"      I was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard Hollow   Coal cars rambled past my door   Now they're standin' in a rusty row all empty   And the L & N   Don't stop here anymore      I used to think my daddy was a black man   With script enough to buy the company store   Now he goes downtown with empty pockets   And his face is white as a February snow      I was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard Hollow   Coal cars rambled past my door   Now they're standin' in a rusty row all empty   And the L & N   Don't stop here anymore         Last night I dreamed I went down to the coal yard   To draw my pay like I always did before   But them ol' kudzu vines were comin' through the window   And the leaves and grass were growin' through the floor      I was born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard Hollow   Coal cars rambled past my door   Now they're standin' in a rusty row all empty   And the L & N   Don't stop here anymore