Name: Last Man Standing in Monroe, VA
Duration: P00H04M16S
Description: Smith Mountain Lake is the largest lake in Virginia and a tourism destination increasing in popularity and development. The man made reservoir provides water and power for much of Southwestern VA. But what was there before? What might still be there now... Here are some ghastly musings from the bottom of the Smith Mountain Gorge.

Last Man Standing in Monroe, VA

from Ghost Train by Jacob and the Ghost Train

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Smith Mountain Lake is the largest lake in Virginia and a tourism destination increasing in popularity and development. The man made reservoir provides water and power for much of Southwestern VA. But what was there before? What might still be there now... Here are some ghastly musings from the bottom of the Smith Mountain Gorge.

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Turn my dust to mud
Soon gonna be a flood
And they're gone
Long, long gone

The summer of '59
Seemed driest of all time
Well, that's gone
Long, long gone

To think of how I slaved to crack the soil to plant some seed
And now it's just a gooshy mix of pond scum and weeds
What happens when the world decides you have something you need?
If ever you wonder, look under your jet ski...

Well, it took about 40 years
To make a whole town disappear
But it's gone
Long, long gone

An Appalachian Power rep
Hands out a big ol' check
And they're gone
Long, long gone

My father's father raised a barn with help from all his friends
They'd weep to see the wall up at the Pittsylvania end
What haunts your summer home and cries out angry on the wind?
If ever you wonder, they're under your boat house

Noah heard the rain would come
So he made a plan to run
He made gone
Long, long gone

Those I saw do the same
I called some nasty name
Well, they're gone
Long, long gone

I cursed and shook my fist at all I saw pack up and go
So fierce I was, I don't suppose they ever cared to know
What happened to that farming boy from north of old Monroe
If ever you wonder, I might be under you!

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from Ghost Train, released July 18, 2015

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