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Marion's Kentucky hometown of Louisville (and neighboring Bullitt County) have been ravaged by the heroine and meth epidemic decimating rural America.  Marion's home state is unfortunately in the top five in the country in terms of overdose deaths. As with many things, there is not one simple cause to point to, but in the song, Marion does describe the development of major highways, and the change to the agrarian culture, in the area as a contributing factor - three major US interstates (I-65, I-64, and I-71) all converge in the Louisville area and with it bring easy access/transport for the drug trade.

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By Marion Halliday 2016-all rights reserved

V 1 - The grass grows blue in the town where I was born
 In Autumn we'd cut patterns taking hayrides in the corn
We'd hang tobacco from the beams in my daddy's farm
The men would drink their whiskey by the fire when work was done
Oh Bullitt County, Oh Bullitt County - where you gone
V 2 - The caves that I played in as a kid up in the knobs
Sheltered slaves on their way to freedom from the south
 But change has seeped through the town like water on limestone 
 Its slowly carved away the good our lives were built on. 
Oh Bullitt County, Oh Bullitt County-where you gone?

BREAK: So they built a super-highway, runs right through our town.
 From the Gulf coast to the Great Lakes - its a 100 miles long.  
Progress can bring problems, no matter what they say,
and the bluegrass can turn to brown and the corn fields rot away 

V 3 - The Jesusp brothers were the first to plant that deadly crop
In the woods by the Armory they started out with pot.
Now they're cooking up a storm behind my daddy's barn
and the kids are cutting school to cut some meth
and Bullitt County's gone. .Its gone, its gone . . .
Oh Bullitt County, Oh Bullitt County - now its gone, now its gone, now its gone
V 4 - Cicadas hum in the night as we stare into the fire
Nothing much to say- we're all so God-awful tired
We admire our handiwork in the chemical and smoke
But no one plays in the caves our cuts patterns in the corn
anymore . . . anymore. . . . anymore . . no more, no more, no more

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from Walking in Tall Grass, released November 7, 2017

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Marion Halliday Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Songwriter Marion Halliday is proud purveyor of her own special blend of bluegrass and bourbon-infused original women- powered, Americana. Marion, a Kentucky native, now living in Philly, writes on a range of contemporary as well as historical topics. Marion plays solo as well as with her band, Trickster Sister, comprised of Jane Halliday on fiddle and Donna Bostock on bass. ... more

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