In the big pine woods on Willow Creek Mountain
Is where I was raised to be a man
And it seems all the good things that spawned in my memory
Are tied to that Willow Creek land

The big dozer rumbles on Willow Creek Mountain
The saw steals the life from the trees
The water is rising on Willow Creek Mountain
From the dam that they said had to be

So damn the man who dams up the river
And damn the men who drown the life I’ve known
Damn the world that’s so ever changing
For it robbed me of my Willow Creek home

The black smoke is rollin’ on Willow Creek Mountain
From the ashes that once was my home
They’ve moved daddy’s grave off of Willow Creek Mountain
To a strange ground that he’s never known

When the coal water covers Willow Creek Mountain
Her beauty will fade with the land
The world won’t remember Willow Creek Mountain
Or the price paid for progress of man

[1] In the big pine [4] woods on [5] Willow Creek Moun-[1]-tain
Is [4] where I was raised to be a [1] man
And it seems all the [4] good things that [5] spawned in my [1] memory
Are [4] tied to that [5] Willow Creek [1] land

The big dozer rumbles on Willow Creek Mountain
The saw steals the life from the trees
The water is rising on Willow Creek Mountain
From the dam that they said had to be

So [4] damn the man who dams up the [1] river
And [4] damn the men who drown the life I’ve [1] known
[4] Damn the world that’s so ever [1] changing
For it [4] robbed me of my Willow Creek [1] home

The black smoke is rollin’ on Willow Creek Mountain
From the ashes that once was my home
They’ve moved daddy’s grave off of Willow Creek Mountain
To a strange ground that he’s never known

When the coal water covers Willow Creek Mountain
Her beauty will fade with the land
The world won’t remember Willow Creek Mountain
Or the price paid for progress of man