Rolling Mills Of Middletown Lyrics - Tom T. Hall

The rolling mills of Middletown roll on, roll on, roll on 

I knew him well, old friend of mine from down Kentucky way 

We had some high good times my friend back in our younger days 

I knew he shouldn't marry any woman quite that wild 

Then later on I learned that she had been expectin' a child 

He got his job at making steel and bought himself a home 

Where the rolling mills of Middletown roll on, roll on, roll on 

Well, there's money in those steel mills boys and he made quite a bit 

He worked all night she shopped all day bought everything that fit 

A helper on the BOF three thousand degrees at a round 

His wife was just about that hot in the bars in old Middletown 

Of course he was the last to know oh but listen to my song 

While the rolling mills of Middletown roll on, roll on, roll on 

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One night the foreman on his turn said, "Cool down No 2" 

And he told my friend to go on home as soon as he was through 

He stopped into a little bar to have a good cold beer 

His woman and some dayturn guy were dancing closely there 

Oh, I knew him well and in his mind there must have been a storm 

While the rolling mills of Middletown roll on, roll, on roll on 

They say he never spoke a word he just turned and walked away 

And no one knows exactly what took place that fateful day 

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Some say they saw him near the tracks at furnace No 1 

With heat so hot the hubs of hell would seem just barely warm 

Well, they never saw my friend again did he do something wrong 

While the rolling mills of Middletown Ohio roll on, roll on, roll on