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[Verse 1]
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Travelin down that coal town road.
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Listenin to my rubber tires whine.
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Goodbye to Buckeye and bright Sycamore.
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I'm leavin' you be-hind.
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I've been coal miner all of my life.
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Layin' down track in the hole.
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Gotta back like an ironwood, bent by the wind.
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Blood veins blue as the coal.
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Blood veins blue as the coal.
[Verse 2]
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Somebody said, "That's a strange tattoo
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you have on the side of your head."
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I said,"That's the blueprint left by the coal.
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Just a little more and I'd been dead.
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Well, I love the rumble and love the dark.
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I love the cool of the slate,
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And it's on down the new road, lookin' for a job.
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This travelin' nook in my head.
[Verse 3]
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I stood for the union walked in the line
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fought against the company.
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I stood for the U. M. W. of A.
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Now, whos gonna stand by me?
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I've got no house and I got no pay,
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Just got a worried soul
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And a blue tattoo on the side of my head
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Left by the number nine coal.
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Left by the number nine coal.
[Verse 4]
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Some day when I die and go
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To heaven, the land of my dreams.
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I wont have to worry 'bout losin my job,
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To bad times and big machines.
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I ain't gonna pay my money away
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On dues or hospital plans.
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I'm gonna pick coal while the blue heavens roll
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And sing with the angels band.
[Outro]
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I ain't gonna pay my money away
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On dues or hospital plans.
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I'm gonna pick coal while the blue heavens roll
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And sing with the angels band.
