Black Waters Songtext
von Laurie Lewis

I come from the mountains, Kentucky′s my home
Where the wild deer and the black bear so lately did roam
By the clear rushing waterfall the wild flowers dream
And through every dark valley there runs a clear stream
Now there's scenes of destruction on every hand
And only black waters run down through my land

Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
Black waters, black waters running down through my land

Now the quail she′s a pretty bird, she sings a sweet tone
In the roots of the tall timber she nests with her young
Then the hillside explodes with the dynamites roar
And the voices of the small birds are heard here no more
And the hillside comes a sliding so awful and grand
And the poisonous waters run down through my land

Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
Black waters, black waters running down through my land


In the rising of the springtime we planted our corn
At the ending of the springtime we buried our son
And then yonder comes a nice man, he says everything's fine
My employer just requires a way to his mine
And they tore down the mountain and covered my corn
And the grave on the hillside is a mile deeper down
And the man stands there smiling with his hat in his hand
And we watch the black waters running down through my land

Sad scenes of destruction on every hand
Black waters, black waters running down through my land

Well, I ain't got much money and not much of a home
I own my own land but my land′s not my own
But if I had ten million or somewhere there abouts
Well, I′d buy Perry County and I'd run ′em all out
And I'd sit on the shore with my bait and my can
And I′d watch the clear waters running down through my land

Now wouldn't that be like the old promised land
Black waters, black waters no more in my land
Black waters, black waters