Rolling Mills Of Middletown

Lyrics

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  
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  
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