W hen I was a child my family wou ld travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my pa rents were bor n
To a backwards old town I of ten remem bered
So many times that my mem ories are wor n
Th an sometimes we'd travel on dow n the Green Riv er
To the abandoned old prison down by Adr ian Hi ll
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd sh oot with our pist ols
But empty pop bottles was all th at we?d kil l
D addy won't you take me back to Mu hlenberg Co unty
Down by the green river where pa radise la y?"
I'm sorry my son but you're to o late in as king
Mister Peabody's coal train has hau led it awa y"
W ell the coal company came with the wo rld's largest shov el
They stripped all the timber and tor tured the lan d
They dug for the coal till the la nd was forsa ken
Then they wrote it all down as the pr ogress of ma n
D addy won't you take me back to Mu hlenberg Co unty
Down by the green river where pa radise la y?"
I'm sorry my son but you're to o late in as king
Mister Peabody's coal train has hau led it awa y"
W hen I die let my ashes float do wn the Green Riv er
Let my soul roll on up to the Ro chester Da m
I'll be halfway to Heaven wi th paradise wai tin'
Five miles away from whe rever I am
D addy won't you take me back to Mu hlenberg Co unty
Down by the green river where pa radise la y?"
I'm sorry my son but you're to o late in as king
Mister Peabody's coal train has hau led it awa y"
I'm sorry my son but you're to o late in as king
Mister Peabody's coal train has hau led it awa y"
