Readin', (Dwight Yoakam)

Chorus:
They learned readin', rightin', Route 23
To the jobs that lay waiting in those cities' factories
They didn't know that old highway
Could lead them to a world of misery

Have you ever been down Kentucky-way
Say south of Prestonburg
Have you ever been up in a holler
Have you ever heard
A mountain man cough his life away
From diggin' that black coal in those dark mines, those dark mines
If you had you might just understand
The reason that they left is all behind

Chorus:
They learned readin', rightin', Route 23
To the jobs that lay waiting in those cities' factories
They learned readin', rightin', roads to the north
To the luxury and comfort a coal line can't afford
They thought readin', rightin', Route 23
Would take them to the good life that they had never seen
They didn't know that old highway
Could lead them to a world of misery

Have you ever seen 'em put the kids in the car after work on Friday night
Pull up in a holler about 2 a.m. and see a light still shinin' bright
Those mountain folks sat up that late
Just to hold those little grandkids in their arms, in their arms
And I'm proud to say that I've been blessed
And touched by their sweet hillbilly charm

Chorus:
They learned readin', rightin', Route 23
To the jobs that lay waiting in those cities' factories
They learned readin', rightin', roads to the north
To the luxury and comfort a coal line can't afford
They thought readin', rightin', Route 23
Would take them to the good life that they had never seen
They didn't know that old highway
Could lead them to a world of misery
Yeah, it turns out that that old highway, leads you to a world of misery




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» A Long Way Home
» A Place To Cry
» A Promise You Can't Keep
» A Promise You Cant Keep
» A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
» A World Of Blue
» Ain't That Lonely Yet
» Alright I'm Wrong
» Always Late With Your Kisses
» An Exception To The Rule
» Baby Why Not
» Back Of Your Hand
» Borrowed Love
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» Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)
» Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room
» Buenos Noches From A Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dre
» Buenos Noches From A Lonely Room (she Wore Red Dresses)
» Bury Me
» Bury Me (Acoustic)
» Bury Me (duet With Maria Mckee)
» Can't You Hear Me Calling (live)
» Come On Christmas
» Distance Between You And Me
» Doin' What I Did
» Don't Be Sad
» Down Where The River Bends
» Down Where the River Bends feat Ralph Stanley
» Dreams Of Clay
» Fair To Midland
» Fast As You
» Floyd County
» For Love's Sake
» Free To Go
» Gone (that'll Be Me)
» GUITARS CADILLACS
» Heartaches by the Number (live)
» Hold On To God
» Holding Things Together
» Home For Sale
» I Don't Need It Done
» I Dont Need It Done
» I Sang Dixie
» I Wouldn't Put It Past Me
» I'd Avoid Me Too
» I'm Bad I'm Nationwide
» I-m Bad I-m Nationwide
» I'll Go Back To Her
» I'll Just Take These
» If Teardrops Were Diamonds
» If There Was A Way
» Ill Just Take These
» Inside The Pocket Of A Clown
» It Only Hurts Me When I Cry
» It Only Hurts When I Cry
» It Won't Hurt
» Johnson's Love
» Little Chapel
» Little Chapel feat Heather Myles
» Little Ways
» Loco Motion
» Lonesome Roads
» Love Caught Up To Me
» Maybe You Like It, Maybe You Don't
» Miner's Prayer
» My Bucket's Got a Hole In It (live)
» My Bucket's Got A Hole
» Never Hold You
» New San Antonio Rose
» No Future in Sight
» Nothing's Changed Here
» Nothings Changed Here
» One More Name
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» Please, Please Baby
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» Population Me
» Rapid City South Dakota
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» Readin', Rightin', Route 23
» Run, Run, Rudolph
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» Sad, Sad Music
» Same Fool
» Santa Can't Stay
» Santa Cant Stay
» Santa Claus Is Back In Town
» Send A Message To My Heart
» Silver Bells (featuring Beth Anderson)
» Since I Started Drinkin' Again
» Since I Started Drinking Again
» Smoke Along The Track
» Some Dark Holler feat The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
» Sorry You Asked
» South Of Cincinnati
» South Of Cincinnatti
» South Of Cinncinnati
» Stayin' Up Late
» T For Texas
» T For Texas (Yodel No 1)
» Takes A Lot To Rock You
» Takes A Lot To Rock You Baby
» Tears for Two
» The Back Of Your Hand
» The Distance Between You And Me
» The Distance Between You Me
» The Heart That You Own
» The Heartaches Are Free
» The Last Surrender
» The Late Great Golden State
» The Pocket Of A Clown
» The Sad Side Of Town
» Thinking About Leaving
» This Drinkin Will Kill Me
» This Drinkin' Will Kill Me
» This Much I Know
» Thousand Miles From Nowhere
» Throughout All Time
» Time Spent Missing You
» Traveler's Lantern
» Truckin' (live)
» Try Not To Look So Pretty
» Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose
» Twenty Years
» What I Don't Know
» What's Left of Me
» Wild Ride
» Yet To Succeed

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