The mill's gone down baby
Those smokestacks ain't a-blowin'
Once was a lifeline
Now the river just keeps flowin'
Folks used to gather
In the shadow of that mill
But now it's all forgotten
Time stands still
Times are changin'
We're all movin' on
Left our memories
Now they're all gone
Mill town blues
Singin' that same old song
Times are changin'
We're barely hangin' on
Echoes in the empty streets
The silence feels so loud
Paper dreams turned to dust
No one left to make us proud
Sweat and tears vanished
From this place we called our own
Ain't no paper comin'
Just a ghost town's moan