Coal Was King

It's sad to see a town that's stagnating When once it was strong and bustling Witnessing the steady decline is frustrating Gone is the time when coal was king The catalyst of hope for more than a century Now seems little more than a fleeting memory When coal powered the country it was needed in a hurry Now there's nothing not even the slurry I remember those heady days of the sixties Before the rot set in during the seventies The mines have gone demolished in the eighties All we are left with are the many memories The skyline different now forever changing Those with a dynamic future always leaving All that's left are precious memories worth saving A remembrance of the time when coal was king