Greyhound rolled through the mountain bend
Same old road I remember back then
Dust on the boots and pine in the air
Felt like I never really left nowhere
Walked in town past Miller’s store
Screen door slammin’ just like before
And there they sat on them courthouse steps
Same old boys I grew up with
They looked up slow with them crooked grins
Like the last ten years was just last weekend
And ain’t nothin’ changed in this mountain town
Same old boots on the same dirt ground
Same moonshine passin’ in a mason jar
Same beat-up truck and the same old bar
Same girls laughin’ by the neon sign
Same fiddle playin’ come Friday night
I done been gone but it feels the same
Round these hills, ain’t nothin’ changed
Tom’s still swingin’ that hammer all day
Down at the mill where the sawdust lays
Earl’s still drivin’ that coal truck slow
Up them switchbacks nobody knows
Johnny’s still got that dented Ford
With a fishing pole in the tailgate board
And when the sun dropped down that ridge
We was right back drinkin’ by the bridge
Jar went ’round and the laughter grew
Like the years just slipped clean through
And ain’t nothin’ changed in this mountain town
Same old boots on the same dirt ground
Same moonshine passin’ in a mason jar
Same beat-up truck and the same old bar
Same girls laughin’ by the neon sign
Same fiddle playin’ come Friday night
I done been gone but it feels the same
Round these hills, ain’t nothin’ changed
One boy asked where I’d been all this time
I just shrugged and sipped that shine
Some roads bend and some men roam
But these hills always pull you home
Fire cracklin’ by the riverbank
Stars above and the night air dank
Some folks leave but the mountains remain
Like they’re whisperin’ your name again
And ain’t nothin’ changed in this mountain town
Same old boots on the same dirt ground
Same moonshine passin’ in a mason jar
Same crooked cards and the same old bar
Same songs echo through the pines
Same boys raisin’ hell all night
I been gone but it feels the same
Round these hills, ain’t nothin’ changed
“Ain’t Nothin’ Changed” is track number 2 on the Thumper Barrel album, In A Coal Town.
Track: Ain’t Nothin’ Changed
Album: In A Coal Town
ISRC: QZNWY2695560
ASCAP: 935077937