When I was a child my family would travel Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born And theres a backwards old town thats often remembered So many times that my memories are worn And Daddy, wont you take me back to Muhlenberg County? Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, Im sorry, my son, but youre too late in asking Mister Peabodys coal train has hauled it away Well, sometimes wed travel right down the Green River To the abandoned old prison down by Airdrie Hill Where the air smelled like snakes and wed shoot with our pistols But empty pop bottles was all we would kill And Daddy, wont you take me back to Muhlenberg County? Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, Im sorry my son, but youre too late in asking Mister Peabodys coal train has hauled it away Then the coal company came with the worlds largest shovel And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man And Daddy, wont you take me back to Muhlenberg County? Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, Im sorry my son, but youre too late in asking Mister Peabodys coal train has hauled it away When I die, let my ashes float down the Green River Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam Ill be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin Just five miles away from wherever I am And Daddy, wont you take me back to Muhlenberg County? Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, Im sorry my son, but youre too late in asking Mister Peabodys coal train has hauled it away
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