8. Turpentineville

Tommy and Johnny best friends forever and a day
Born and bred in Turpentineville
Each got a Wife and a 6 year old kid
They work in two separate Mills
And it’s a hard rain a fallin
In Turpentineville

It’s a double hard struggle everyday
Livin rough in Turpentineville
Tommy pullin lumber on the green chain
Johnny at the Pulp Mill
Now it’s hail falling like dice
In Turpentineville

Turpentineville is all over the place
The road into town is always in motion
Today on the Lake
Tomorrow the Ocean
Sometimes it’s like…
Livin in hell
Sometimes… a Great Notion
Now it’s black snow fallin
In Turpentineville

Anxious Momma Beth and her friend Marlene
Feel locked down in Turpentineville
The woods are all closed, four feet on the roads
Skeleton shift at the Mills
And those yellow trucks plow snow all night
In Turpentineville

Johnny and Tommy workin overtime
Christmas Eve in Turpentineville
Down along Mainstreet last call at the bar
Snow on the windowsill
And Momma and the kids all alone in the dark
In Turpentineville

Turpentineville is all over the place
The road into town is always in motion
Today on the Lake
Tomorrow the Ocean
Sometimes it’s like…
Livin in hell
Sometimes… a Great Notion
Now it’s black snow a fallin
In Turpentineville

Tire chains rattle and the blades they roar
The Plows clear the roads in Turpentineville
Tommy and Johnny at home before dawn
Kids Sally and Dave’s bright morning thrill
They believe in White Christmas
In Turpentineville

Turpentineville is all over the place
The road into town is always in motion
Today on the Lake\
Tomorrow the Ocean
Sometimes it’s like…
Livin in hell
Sometimes… a Great Notion
Now it’s white snow a fallin
In Turpentineville

Yea Christmas arrives…snow is a fallin
White snows a fallin
Fallin
Is fallin
In Turpentineville