River Winding - Catie Curtis

River winding through this mill town

My hometown is dark by four

Winter coming, the mills have long shut down

No one’s working anymore

I drove by McDonalds and a long line was followed

From a posting today of a job

River winding through the darkness

Always to rise and fall

River winding, you wouldn’t believe how many souls

Were glued right here

Winter coming, everyone’s got shoes

But no one knows how to get through the year

I drove by my high school

And the students are so few now

So many families have left

River winding through the darkness

Sometimes cursed and sometimes blessed

River winding, sparkling in the moonlight

Cleaner than it’s been

But the main street store fronts are mostly empty now

Hand written signs, space for rent

I drove by the factories and the windows were broken

Where the lights used to be always on

River winding through the darkness

Always to move along

Along