Trip To Hyden-Tom T. Hall

[ti:Trip To Hyden] [ar:Tom T. Hall] [al:In Search Of A Song] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Trip To Hyden - Tom T. Hall [00:06.93]Tossed and turned the night [00:08.50]Before in some old motel [00:10.75] [00:12.18]Subconsciously recallin' [00:14.06]Some old sinful thing I'd done [00:16.68] [00:18.68]My buddy drove the car [00:20.43]And those big coal trucks shook us up [00:23.56]As we drove on into Hyden [00:25.62]In the early morning sun [00:27.81] [00:29.81]Past the hound dogs [00:31.12]And some domineckered chickens [00:33.68] [00:34.94]Temporary-lookin' houses [00:37.18]With their lean and bashful kids [00:39.56] [00:41.25]Every hundred yards a sign proclaimed [00:44.25]That Christ was coming soon [00:46.68]And I thought, "Well, man, [00:47.99]He'd sure be disappointed if he did." [00:51.00] [00:52.94]On the way we talked about the 40 miners [00:56.62] [00:57.87]Of the 39 who died and one who lived [01:01.62]To tell the tale [01:02.69] [01:04.50]We stopped for beans and cornbread [01:06.37]At the Ed & Lois Cafe [01:09.12] [01:09.62]Then went to see the sherrif [01:11.56]At the Leslie County Jail [01:14.19] [01:16.19]They took us to the scene [01:18.12]Of that disaster [01:20.00] [01:20.87]I was so surprised to not find any sign [01:24.94]Of death at all [01:25.93] [01:27.12]Just another country hillside [01:29.56]With some mudholes and some junk [01:33.00]The mines were deadly silent [01:34.81]Like a rathole in the wall [01:37.31] [01:39.25]"It was just like being right [01:41.19]Inside of a shotgun." [01:42.69] [01:44.56]The old man coughed [01:45.87]And lit a cigarette that he had rolled [01:48.78] [01:51.29]Back in town I bought a heavy jacket [01:53.91]From a store [01:55.16] [01:55.91]It was sunny down in Hyden [01:58.13]But somehow the town was cold [02:00.75] [02:02.63]The old man introduced the undertaker [02:05.50]Who seemed refreshed despite the kind [02:10.00]Of work I knew he did [02:12.07] [02:14.07]We talked about the pretty lady [02:16.63]From the Grand Ole Opry [02:18.63] [02:19.32]An' we talked about the money [02:21.57]She was raisin' for the kids [02:23.69] [02:25.57]Well, I guess the old man [02:27.13]Thought we were reporters [02:29.19] [02:30.75]He kept reminding me of [02:33.00]How his simple name was spelled [02:35.38] [02:37.31]Some lady said, "They worth more money now [02:40.63]Than when they's a-livin'. " [02:42.63]And I'll leave it there [02:43.72]'Cause I suppose she told it pretty well