st Fret Intro: River winding through this mill town My hometown is dark by Four Winter coming, the mills have long shut down and No one's working anymore And I drove by McDonalds And a long line just followed From a posting today for a job River winding through the darkness Always to rise and fall River winding, you wouldn't believe How many souls were glued right here Winter coming, everyone's got shoes but No one knows how to get through the year When I drove by my high school And the students are so few now So many families have left River winding through the darkness Sometimes cursed and sometimes blessed Instrumental: