Youngstown

[Verse 1] Here in northeast Ohio Back in 1803 James and Dan Heaton found the ore That was lining Yellow Creek [Verse 2] They built a blast furnace Here along the shore And they made the cannonballs That helped the Union win the war [Chorus] Here in Youngstown Here in Youngstown My sweet Jenny, I'm sinking down Here, darling, in Youngstown [Verse 3] Well, my daddy worked the furnaces Kept 'em hotter than hell I come home from 'Nam, worked my way to scarfer A job that'd suit the devil as well [Verse 4] That taconite coke and limestone Fed my children and made my pay Them smokestacks reaching like the arms of God Into a beautiful sky of soot and clay [Chorus] Here in Youngstown Here in Youngstown Sweet Jenny, I'm sinking down Here, darling, in Youngstown [Bridge] Well, my daddy come on the Ohio works When he come home from World War II Now the yard's just scrap and rubble He said, "Them big boys did what Hitler couldn't do" Yeah, these mills, they built the tanks and bombs That won this country's wars We sent our sons to Korea and Vietnam Now we're wondering what they were dying for [Chorus] Here in Youngstown Here in Youngstown My sweet Jenny, I'm sinking down Here, darling, in Youngstown [Verse 5] From the Monongahela Valley To the Mesabi iron range To the coal mines of Appalachia The story's always the same [Verse 6] Seven-hundred tons of metal a day Now sir, you tell me the world's changed Once I made you rich enough Rich enough to forget my name [Chorus] In Youngstown In Youngstown My sweet Jenny, I'm sinking down Here, darling, in Youngstown [Verse 7] When I die, I don't want no part of heaven I would not do heaven's work well I pray the devil comes and takes me To stand in the fiery furnaces of hell