Mill Towns Lyrics

CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO: C G C G C
Heard a voice call down from the lonesome north
Singing songs of the work I'm worth
I'd heard stories from the hard north towns
I can picture Saturday night
Tyres squealing from the Main Street lights
At the creaking on the cables and the cage as it's lowered down
Hard edged stories from the streets of a mining town
CHORUS:
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me down
I was raised by the Seaway side
Staring out at the River Wye
Hauled my bike up the bridge, looked back at the paper mill
Through the windows I try and see
What the future held for the likes of me
I can hear the shift-change siren still
In the Seaway city by the stacks of the paper mill
CHORUS:
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me down
CHORUS:
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me down
INSTRUMENTAL: C G F C G F C
And the towns arose with the mines and mills
Watched the future pass like it's standing still
And the kids all leave like light when the sun goes down
And you go back now and you walk the streets
And there's parking lots where the buildings used to be
Night still falls, but it doesn't make a sound
Long shadows fall on the streets of a cold mill town
CHORUS:
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me down
CHORUS:
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me down
CHORUS:
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me in, boys
Don't follow me down