Fisheries & mills closing, tradional ways of life are dying all over North America
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Story behind the song
"I'm Gonna Survive" - a mid-tempo folk song with great harmonies... all across North America, traditional ways of life are changing. For various economic and political reasons, mills and factories are being closed down - a death knell to many small towns. Can we chose our response to events that effect us?
Lyrics
The sawmill’s closed and empty now,
my old home town is just a shell;
there’s nothing left in the old town square-
the folks are gone, and the streets are bare.
My daddy’s family worked that mill,
my momma ran the drugstore till;
they built this house, and loved it so,
how sad they’d be to see me go.
I’m Gonna Survive this lonesome parting -
though I leave my home behind;
this town is gone, and past revivin’ -
let the old ways die; I’m Gonna Survive.
Close this door, one final time –
I’ll make this change, and be resigned;
beyond these hills I know I’ll see
the many roads that wait for me.
CH
[Bridge]
Whatever comes I know I’ll cope,
cause every sunrise gives me hope;
I don’t know much, but I hope and pray
that I have earned a brand-new day....
CH
(c) 2004, Kavanagh & Flawith (Socan, Ascap), All Rights Reserved.