Youngstown

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Here in north east Ohio 
 
Back in eighteen-o-three 
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James and Danny Heaton 
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Found the ore that was linin' yellow creek 
 
They built a blast furnace 
 
Here along the shore 
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And they made the cannon balls 
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That helped the union win the war 
 
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Here in Youngstown 
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Here in Youngstown 
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My sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down 
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Here darlin' in Youngstown 
 

Well my daddy worked the furnaces 
Kept 'em hotter then hell 
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I come home from 'Nam worked my way to scarfer 
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A job that'd suit the devil as well 
Yeah, taconite, coke and limestone 
Fed my children and made my pay 
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Then smokestacks reachin' like the arms of god 
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Into a beautiful sky of soot and clay 

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Here in Youngstown 
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Here in Youngstown 
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My sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down 
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Here darlin' in Youngstown 
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Well my daddy come on the 0hio works 
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When he come home from world war two 
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Now the yards just scrap and rubble 
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He said, "Them big boys did what Hitler couldn't do" 
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These mills they built the tanks and bombs 
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That won this countries wars 
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We sent our sons to Korea and Vietnam 
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Now were wondering what they were dyin' for 
 
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Here in Youngstown 
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Here in Youngstown 
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My sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down 
                      Dm 
Here darlin' in Youngstown 
 
From the Monongaleh valley 
To the Mesabi iron range 
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To the coal mines of Appalacchia 
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The story's always the same 
Seven-hundred tons of metal a day 
Now sir you tell me the world's changed 
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Once I made you rich enough 
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Rich enough to forget my name 
 

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Here in Youngstown 
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Here in Youngstown 
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My sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down 
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Here darlin' in Youngstown 
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When I die I don't want no part of heaven 
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I would not do heavens work well 
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I pray the devil comes and takes me 
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To stand in the fiery furnaces of hell 
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