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Gone Are The Days

from Valley Home by Joe Vickers

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“We lived in East Coulee for over thirteen years and saw many changes in our time. When the Murray Mine eventually closed, the population of the town shrank. It not only hurt the business people, but the folks who lost their jobs had to gather their families and try to relocate. Many friends moved away. Some of their homes were transported to Drumheller, others taken to Calgary or its outskirts, while many more were left boarded up and abandoned.”

- Julie Uhrman

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So long, remember
Our rustic legacy
Every blue sky fades to grey
Gone are the days

Gone are the days of the bustle
Gone are the days of pick and spade
Gone are the boomers and industrial trade
Along with its pioneer ways

His grand-daddy was a miner
Like him his father was the same
When oil struck north, time turned a page
And it came to them as a crying shame

He shoveled a lifetime down yonder
Was a faithful workers through and through
When they closed down the mine, a part of him did die
And so did the life he knew

Gone is the smell of burning sulfur
Gone is the curtain of blue haze
When things shut down, uprooted was the town
And all that was left were memories

Production slowed down
Until it reached the end
The gears slipped and stalled, the writing was on the wall
The final chapter was being read

The departure left a mark
A bitterness left in their hearts
Saying so long, he couldn’t hold back the tears
After all, it’s what brought the family here

Our secondary line
No longer operates
So the kids of today who walk down the ancient lanes
Won’t count rail cars that we did at their age

So long, remember
Our rustic legacy
Every blue sky fades to grey
Gone are the days

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from Valley Home, released July 19, 2011

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Joe Vickers Drumheller, Alberta

Farmer by day, troubadour by night, Joe Vickers has logged countless miles on both his combine and tour van. His music explores the human spirit singing of the triumphs and tragedies of everyday life on the prairies.

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