Knight, Chris - Dirt Lyrics

Turnin all the rest to ash

Trees don't hire.

Ovik2k I learned that after a 4 hour interview with an Oak tree only to be turned down. I also learned I shouldn’t take LSD in the woods.

the shit they dump in the river is perfectly safe Kappa

Damn if people would only listen to this an think back to when they were a kid the good time on papaw farm makes you miss so much somethings you never should take for granted until it's to late I'd give anything to go back one more time

Lot of heart and hurt in this song!

Knight knows what he's talking about. Better vote for our environment before we're all dead.

And our current administration is doing the exact same thing. Killing all environmental and consumer protections, now a trade war and potentially nuclear war. Hello WWIII.

I love Chris' music. I've seen him live at a small venue and his music is just so incredibly honest and so perfectly pure.

Dude has passion in his songs/stories....His arrangement on this song..and others..are powerful..

Me and my bruth r tring to stop that with hes grad dads farm man i no the feellin

They're building a factory? Awesome! M.A.G.A.

Industrialism makes nothing great. It destroys traditional culture and encourages dehumanization and greed. The Agrarian way is the only great way.

such an amazing song...heartfelt and real....

Fantastic voice!!

not enough songs like this man's

True Bruder

There's a desperation and sincerity in Chris Knight's music that you just don't find.

+hartsickdisciple Yeah, true that brother. But try Bleu Edmonson if you already have'nt.

sounds like city livin got the man. people are more important but there isnt a factory in a hundred miles of here, saw one old oak the old men left in danial boone ntl forest, here . chineese got some nice confrence tables out of it and the boys that sawed it why put in a saw mill and worked many good men till they regulated it to death.. need to start permitting mines agin bygod straight up invisible polution there..poverty right where they want us, all they can come up with pollution. bull shit only ones w / money now days is ones who saw it coming and bought the old mines,, best cattle farms in the state. i hope one person hears this that knows someone important cause there are no more in these hills.. open them up coal n gas shit its runnin out of the ground..these good men have went thru millions fileing permits that they will not look at. well make sure the pollution wont kill ya california. i hope no one that is not born here isnt allowed to see the beauty of a perfectly managed mine now , it like big city property$$$$ and id drank right out of the ky river right this moment if i wasnt pokin on this devil. gone fishing

+Bob Campbell Hey brother I just got back from China and their problems are surprisingly just like ours, have become. They are taking their forefathers land and building factories where they pay them the equivalent of $1.19 an hour to make stuff to fill up our Wallmarts.The only difference is if somebody like Chris Knight wants to sing about these working folks blues, they can't without fear of retribution.The people who make the I-phones damn sure can't afford to own one of em.I smell revolution in the air in many South East Asian countries but ain't too many folks over there singing about it. LOL

Chris Knight is an American treasure.

Awesome song. There's an ancient oak standing alone
Trying to do the work of a thousand trees!

Grayling Pingel Fuck yeah

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we don't have any quail anymore here in coal country.....but we got poverty if you want to hunt that with an electoral vote.

That comment hurt my soul.

Oh, come on. I love Johnny Cash just like the next guy, but the variety show was cheesy.

easy buddy. Mr cash grew up dirt poor and was makin cash while the cash was there to b made. cant blame a man for that. aint a damn thing John Cash ever did u call "cheesy"

Eddie King what are you talking about

This is how music should be.

It would be good if they were building factories today. All the factories are now in China. Now they just put up malls or a quickie marts instead. "It's just one continuous shopping mall from coast to coast" George Carlin.

great song. great photo. cheers!

Love this song

Chris Knight is my generation's Johnny Cash, only much cooler - he didn't fold to the pressure of Hollywood and do a cheesy variety show.

chords for the regular guitar are C F C, C G C, C F C, C G C for the verses
F C, G C, F C, C, F C, G C, F C, C G C
One of the reasons I like this song is the growly baritone used through out
havn't got the baritone chords down yet but think they are F B F, F C F
depends on if you tune it A or B I use BEADF#B

@mengle2004 email me [email protected] I can't seem to get em to post here

@flying2bill that would be great if it aint a problem.

too bad about the 500 character resriction, I had to chunk it all up and it does not appear in order. do you need the chords also

@flying2bill Thanks

Trying to do the work of a thousand trees
Been here since the Cherokee called this home
But it''s standing in the way of a factory

What used to be my church
Tearing up my Grandpa''s land
Treating my Grandpa''s land like dirt
A few more jobs and a lot less trees
Gonna put this county in a rat race
Like thats where we want to be
This used to be such a peaceful place
And they''ll tell us that they don''t pollute
The shit they dump in the river is perfectly safe
But all the talk in the whole wide world
Will never bring back what they laid to waste
There''s an ancient oak standing alone

Verse 1:
Well I woulda bought my Grandpa''s farm
But I couldn''t raise quite enough cash
Now they''re cutting all the timber down
Turning all the rest to ash
Company came in from out of state
To build another stinking factory
Them county politicians think they know
Just exactly what we need
But I sit down by the highway
I hear those big cats growl
Where the quail gonna fly to
Where will the rabbits run now
I watch them tear it all to hell
What used to be my church