There Ain't No Ash Will Burn (Not an old song, but quite a good one by a Nashville songwriter named Walt Aldridge. I've heard versions by Mollie O'Brien and by Laura Love and Jo Miller. Below is the way I heard it and learned it from the Laura Love Jo Miller CD, though I've seen slight variations in lyrics trasncribed by others. Another great West Virginia song is by Mollie's brother Tim O'Brien, called "A Mountaineer is Always Free," in which he does not specifically mention the state ... but that's the slogan on the official state seal. Mollie and Tim are from Wheeling, I believe.) I have seen snow that fell in May And I have seen rain on cloudless days Somethings are always bound to change There ain't no ash will burn Love is a precious thing I'm told It burns just like West Virginia coal But when the fire dies down it's cold There ain't no ash will burn You say this life is not your lot Well I can't be something that I'm not We can't stoke a fire that we ain't got There ain't no ash will burn In every life there comes a time When there are no more tears to cry We must leave something here behind There ain't no ash will burn There is one lesson I have learned There ain't no ash will burn
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