The Weight of the World Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

Smoking down the track
I'm a fireball mill
Lord, coal's so black
Can't even see the rail
Falling tongues of steel
Behind a driving wheel
Pulls the weight of the world

Coming up the road
Another rubber tire four
They got us hooked on oil
'Til the pipeline blow
Such a shame to see
Adding World War Three
To the weight of the world
Yeah, the weight of the world

Up the top of a mountain
Well I ??
Poisonous as the river
With the devils's own sludge
It's the American dream
But if you live downstream
Here comes the weight of the world

Ton of plastic bottles
Heading out to sea
Bound to build an island
Thanks to you and me
Another man-made pearl
For the junk we hurled
Topped the weight of the world
Yeah, the weight of the world