They Can't Put It Back

歌詞

Down in the valley 'bout a mile from me Where the crows no longer cry There's a great big earth moving Monster machine, stands ten stories high The ground he can eat is a sight Takes a hundred tons at a bite He can dig up the grass It's a fact but he can't put it back They come and tell me I got to move Make way for that big machine But I ain't moving unless they kill me Like they killed the fish in my stream But look at that big machine go Took that shady grove a long time to grow He can rip it out with one whack But he can't put it back I never was one to carry signs Picket with placards, walk in lines Maybe I'm behind the times You can bet your sweet life They're gonna hear from me I ain't gonna take it laying down 'Cause I'm getting tired seeing rocks that bleed On the bare guts of the ground I ain't gonna sell my soul So they can strip out another little tiny vein of coal I ain't a-moving out of my tracks 'Cause they can't put it back They can't put it back