
Date of issue: 16.09.2012
Record label: Rhino Entertainment Company
Song language: English
Readin', Rightin', Rt. 23 |
Chorus: |
They learned readin', writin', Route 23 |
To the jobs that lay waiting in those cities' factories |
They learned readin', writin', roads to the north |
To the luxury and comfort a coal miner can’t afford |
They thought readin', writin', Route 23 |
Would take them to the good life that they had never seen |
They didn’t know that old highway |
Could lead them to a world of misery |
Have you ever been down Kentucky-way |
Say south of Prestonburg |
Have you ever been up in a holler |
Have you ever heard |
A mountain man cough his life away |
From diggin' that black coal |
In those dark mines, those dark mines |
If you had you might just understand |
The reason that they left is all behind |
Chorus: |
They learned readin', wrightin', Route 23 |
To the jobs that lay waitin' in those cities' factories |
They learned readin', writin', roads to the north |
To the luxury and comfort a coal miner can’t afford |
They thought readin', writin', Route 23 |
Would take them to the good life that they had never seen |
They didn’t know that old highway |
Could lead them to a world of misery |
Have you ever seen 'em |
Put the kids in the car after work on Friday night |
Pull up in a holler about 2 a.m. |
And see a light still shinin' bright |
Those mountain folks sat up that late |
Just to hold those little grandkids |
In their arms, in their arms |
And I’m proud to say that I’ve been blessed |
And touched by their sweet hillbilly charm |
Chorus: |
They learned readin', writin', Route 23 |
To the jobs that lay waiting in those cities' factories |
They learned readin', writin', roads to the north |
To the luxury and comfort a coal miner can’t afford |
They thought readin', writin', Route 23 |
Would take them to the good life that they had never seen |
They didn’t know that old highway |
Could lead them to a world of misery |
Yeah, it turns out that that old highway, |
Leads you to a world of misery |
They found out that that old highway |
Leads you to a world of misery… |
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