Old Kanawha - Philip Bowen & Charles Wesley Godwin

Hey there, Stella, whatcha doing Is the whole world standing in your way? I've been thinking about tomorrow How it's gonna be a brand-new day Hey, hey, Stella, Dry your eyes, don't you cry now I know it gets dark at night I've been thinking about tomorrow It's gonna be a brighter day it's gonna be alright Hey there, Stella, I know it's raining, honey It's pouring down, and we both miss the sun But I've been thinking, that if we laugh a little It'll warm us till a blue sky comes Hey, hey, Stella, Dry your eyes, don't you cry now I know it gets dark at night I've been thinking about tomorrow It's gonna be a brighter day it's gonna be alright Hey there, Stella, don't you listen to 'em Folks can be so cruel when they wanna be But I've been thinking if we can love the weakest We can save 'em from their misery Hey, hey, Stella, Dry your eyes, don't you cry now I know it gets dark at night I've been thinking about tomorrow It's gonna be a brighter day Hey there, Stella, are you lonely Do you feel like giving up sometimes I've been thinking, how much I love you You've got a friend in me for life, if that's alright with you? It's alright with me Hey, hey, Stella, Dry your eyes, don't you cry now I know it gets dark at night I've been thinking about tomorrow It's gonna be a brighter day it's gonna be alright It's gonna be alright, Stella Yeah, it's gonna be alright

I wear a gold watch, handed down from my grandpa And I've been blue because it stopped tellin' time a week ago I took it in and this old man couldn't find the parts to fix it He said Son, I guess they just don't make em like that anymore My, oh my, does it ever get much better There always seems to be some pain in store Why oh why, can't the best things last forever I guess they just don't make 'em like they used to anymore I guess they just don't make 'em like they used to anymore The day they buried mamma it was snowing on the mountain I was fighting back the sadness through every note in every chord The tears were rolling down, but then I saw my grandpa smiling He said, Son I don't think they'll ever make em like her anymore My, oh my, does it ever get much better There always seems to be some pain in store Why oh why, can't the best things last forever I guess they just don't make 'em like they used to anymore I guess they just don't make 'em like they used to anymore I play a violin made by hand in the forties That old girl can sing the sweetest song you ever heard I can see them up there dancing, to the waltzes I am playing And I bet that they don't miss this old world too much, anymore And I bet that they don't miss this old world too much, anymore My, oh my, does it ever get much better There always seems to be some pain in store Why oh why, can't the best things last forever I guess they just don't make 'em like they used to anymore I guess they just don't make 'em like they used to anymore My, oh my, does it ever get much better There always seems to be some pain in store Why oh why, can't the best things last forever I guess they just don't make 'em like they used to anymore I guess they just don't make 'em like they used to anymore Anymore

Money's been a wise buck this year Now there's things in life that you've always feared There ain't a use to pouting around Singing 'woe is me' until you're six feet down Always following the same old tracks Time to break off and cut a new path Don't put down these words I say It takes blood and sweat to find a new way You're coming on strong I know your night's been long But I can see you coming around the bend And kicking until the end Like Prefontaine from an outside lane Proving them wrong Coming on strong Every miss is a payment made To a debt of dues that we all must pay Your empty coffers aren't a sign That you haven't saved for a whole lifetime And you can go out swingin' to a cold dark grave They can never say that you didn't live brave Born to nothing but pain and strain Leave with grit fixed to your name You're coming on strong I know your night's been long But I can see you coming around the bend And kicking until the end Like Prefontaine from an outside lane Proving them wrong Coming on strong You're coming on strong I know your night's been long But I can see you coming around the bend Oh and kicking until the end Like Prefontaine from an outside lane Proving them wrong Coming on strong Proving them wrong Coming on strong