Below

Capo 1

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There's an old dirt road just off 
Route 9
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Fades into the lake at the low 
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water line
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Sometimes I wander down that road 
alone
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Remembering the town that I once 
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called home

I grew up in the valley, every 
neighbor a friend
Until the modern world started 
creeping in
One day came the lawyers with cash 
in hand
They swore that our village would 
light up the land



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The dusky waters move cold and slow
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And ghosts of a village still 
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wander below
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Homesteads of families and friends 
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forevermore
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Haunting the valley below this 
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sparkling shore
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Surrounding the valley was a painted
 red line
Drawn by Company men, like marking a
 crime
A silent reminder that all inside it
 must go
Or be lost to the rising Dead 
River's flow

Some folks took the money, started 
grinding gears
While the rest of us held out for 
twenty-odd years
We watched our town like a 
photograph fade
As the Company came to take it all 
away

They tore down the church, the 
schoolhouse burned
They dug up the graves, the wheels 
of progress turned
They got Dutchie's Store and Haven's
 Pool Hall
When the dozers rolled it shattered 
us all

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Old May Savage stayed as long as she
 could
Her house on the hill towered over 
the flood
It rose up alone in the dark of 
night
Its face on the water in the cold 
moon light

I shake off the memories, on my lips
 a prayer
Thanks for the grace and the beauty 
down there
And while the porchlights glow all 
over the state
There's nothing but darkness under 
the lake

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