There's a tumbled down shack where they used to mine
Was there 30 years until the well ran dry
Left without a job, left without a home
Broken old town, living alone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
What doesn't kill you
Well he was born and raised right across the street
Him and his pa, just enough to eat
He worked down the mines like the other men
Was a slave to his whiskey when he met his end
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Now I see the streets are deserted
Lord knows I've never been one to back down
Well there's a change of winds in the midwest sky
Down in the valley summer's hot and dry
Winter drags on, frozen to the bone
Drives a lesser man away from a happy home
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
City lights used to shimmer and glow
Now the stores up on Main Street have boarded up and closed
Now I see the streets are deserted
Lord knows I've never been one to back down
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
This life is earned, or have you forgotten?
For what it's worth, you start from the bottom
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
