Alex Radus - Monongahela - Live Lyrics

Well we went boom and we went bust
Before the rain could even rust
The tin roof on the chicken shack
That rang with the rumble of the railroad tracks
And we had laughter and we had a war
That killed every boy who lived next door
The whole town came to say goodbye
As if one of their own had died
Oh Monongahela
That's just how they raised ya
You didn't take a selfie
In old Monongahela
We made metal and we made love
We prayed to the Steelers and God above
We worked hard but we gave thanks
The shells that we made shattered Panzer tanks
But oh, that river that roared through here
Of locomotives and molten steel
Dried up--crazy as it sounds
In a dry river bed we drowned
Oh Monongahela
That's just how they raised ya
You learned to take a lickin
In old Monongahela
Well the kids grew up and the kids moved out
The new neighbors don't come around
We beat the Axis on the battlefield
but we couldn't beat their prices making steel
But there's a heartbeat in this town
It's just a few feet underground
The whole place don't seem so big
But all you've got to do is dig
In Monongahela
That's just how they raised ya
You learn to take a lickin
In old Monongahela
Yeah Monongahela
Bless the forge that made ya
You learn to take a lickin
In old Monongahela

Well we went boom and we went bust
Before the rain could even rust
The tin roof on the chicken shack
That rang with the rumble of the railroad tracks
And we had laughter and we had a war
That killed every boy who lived next door
The whole town came to say goodbye
As if one of their own had died
Oh Monongahela
That's just how they raised ya
You didn't take a selfie
In old Monongahela
We made metal and we made love
We prayed to the Steelers and God above
We worked hard but we gave thanks
The shells that we made shattered Panzer tanks
But oh, that river that roared through here
Of locomotives and molten steel
Dried up--crazy as it sounds
In a dry river bed we drowned
Oh Monongahela
That's just how they raised ya
You learned to take a lickin
In old Monongahela
Well the kids grew up and the kids moved out
The new neighbors don't come around
We beat the Axis on the battlefield
but we couldn't beat their prices making steel
But there's a heartbeat in this town
It's just a few feet underground
The whole place don't seem so big
But all you've got to do is dig
In Monongahela
That's just how they raised ya
You learn to take a lickin
In old Monongahela
Yeah Monongahela
Bless the forge that made ya
You learn to take a lickin
In old Monongahela