Travelin down that coal town road Listenin to my steel wheels whine Goodbye to buckeye and white sycamore Im leavin you behind Ive been a coal man all my life Layin down tracks in the hole Got a back like an ironwood Bent by the wind Blood veins blue as the coal Blood veins blue as the coal Somebody said Thats a strange tattoo You have on the side of your head I said Thats the mark of the number nine coal A little more and Id be dead Still I love the rumble and I love the dark I love the cool of the slate But its on down the new road lookin for a job Its travelin and runnin I hate Its travelin and runnin I hate Someday when I die and to Heaven I go To Heaven the land of my dreams I wont have to worry about losin my job To bad times and big machines Still Ive got no job and Ive got no pay Just got ? And this blue tattoo on the side of my head Left by the number nine coal Left by the number nine coal Left by the number nine coal
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