Where Coal Meets Iron There's a little town by the river Built on petroleum and steel Just up Route Twenty-Three from the hollers Where the miners go down deep in the hills It's the town that I grew up in It's a town I couldn't wait to leave Now I'm three hundred miles away But that town has left its mark on me CHORUS WHERE COAL MEETS IRON A man works hard to make a livin' The sky's on fire At least it looks that way You lay it down And you try to make a difference That's where I come from WHERE COAL MEETS IRON Now there's things a man does for his family That he otherwise never would touch You trade your best days for a paycheck 'Cause you know that's just what a man does The sweat rolls off your body The love flows through your veins And the ore just keeps on pourin' in On the barges and the trains REPEAT CHORUS Words and Music by Jeff Walter © 2002 Jack and Jenny Music
