Hadley's Bend

Gordon’s gin goes down easy in Hadley’s Bend
If you listen you can hear the sound of Old Hickory in the wind
Trail of Tears had passed through here it’s been said
Now we’ve got a golf course
Souvenir shops with arrowheads
You can hear the sound of souls trapped in this bend
There’s only one way out but a million ways in
Hadley’s Bend
A Rayon City flat
A masonite siding trap
And a DuPont job that put
Clothes on all our backs
This place once made the powder
That helped to win the war
Then the cellophane and rayon
Kept open these plant doors
Bobby joined the service and now he’s in Iraq
Susie ran off and got married
At DuPont High she used to run track
Sarah, she let go in the summer of ‘92
We used to dream of retirement
Now I’m wishing I could let go too
Gordon’s Gin goes down
Easy in Hadley’s Bend
If you listen you can hear the sound
Of Old Hickory in the wind