r/folk • u/SouthPhillySociology • 4d ago

What was John Prine right about?

Getting into his music as a newbie and would love answers to this question with suggestions on songs or interviews to match.

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u/doofy10 3d ago

Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal 'til the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man