Tom Flannery - Centralia lyrics

I come from Centralia Hear what I say I was born and raised And I'll die here someboday That wind still blows Through this dirty little town And that's sure good enough To keep me hanging 'round From the darkness of this highway Looks like the sun fell down Decided she liked it here Buried herself in the ground She watches over me Just like my daddy before But she brought a government man To my back door He said you gotta leave sir But we're gonna make it worth your while We got this government briefcase With money stacked in a pile It's for your own good This place is gonna burn down And who wants to live In a mining ghost town Well some took the offer I guess I don't blame 'em much Money is even hotter Than burning coal to the touch But some hunkered down As these walls closed in Can't burn me out my friend From the places I've been I said I worked this vein And she knows me good She promised me a living Right where I stood I always treated her right So she'll do the same to me She go on back up to Washington And leave us all be