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One Day More (For The Mountains)

from Redbird Green by Magnolia Mountain

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lyrics

ONE DAY MORE (FOR THE MOUNTAINS)
(Elaine Purkey, new verse lyrics Utley/English)

One day more, one day more
People, let me tell you what we're fightin' for
We're fightin' for our future, don't you understand?
And we don't need your pity, we just need your helping hand

To fight one day more, one day more
If the company holds out twenty years
We'll hold out one day more
One day more, one day more
If the company holds out twenty years
We'll hold out one day more

If you know your history, it's a story often told
The greed of men and companies for Appalachian coal
They hollowed out the mountains
And they stripped off all the land
Left only desolation as the legacy of man

But now a deeper shadow descends upon the land
They dynamite the mountaintops and kill whatever stands
Then dump into the valleys all the rubble from their deed
Burying the hollers and they're poisoning the streams

They think that we won't notice, if we do, that we won't care
Our comfort trumps our conscience
And their money says what's fair
The coal and cash go out of state, what's left behind are tears
And in a single minute, they destroy a thousand years

Big Coal and politicians know just how to play the game
Say they'll make it right but leave us nothing to reclaim
The law is on their side for now, but it can't stand for long
Just because it's legal doesn't mean it isn't wrong

credits

from Redbird Green, released June 19, 2010
Mark Utley - vocals, banjo
Jordan Neff - acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
Melissa English - duet and harmony vocals
Amber Nash - harmony vocals
Ed Cunningham - fiddle
Bob Lese - mandolin
Bob Donisi - upright bass
Matt Frazer - drums, percussion

Produced by John Curley at Ultrasuede Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio

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Mark Utley Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati-based singer/songwriter Mark Utley is the driving force behind the acclaimed roots-rock/Americana band Magnolia Mountain, the honky-tonk Country outfit Bulletville, and the two "Music for the Mountains" fundraising concerts and compilation albums. ... more

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