Travelin' down that coal town road
Listen to those rubber tires whine;
Goodbye to Buckeye and White Sycamore
I'm leavin' you behind
I've been a coal man all my days
Layin' down track in the hole
Got a back like an ironwood bent by the wind
Blood veins blue as the coal
Somebody said "That's a strange tattoo
You have on the side of your head."
I said "That's the mark, of the #9 coal
Just a little more and I'd be dead"
Oh, but I love the rumble and I love the dark
I love the cool of the slate
It's that traveling down a new road lookin' for a job
It's the travelin' and lookin' I hate
I've stood for the union, walked in the line
Fought against the company;
Stood for the U. M. W. of A
Now who's gonna stand for me?
Now I got no job and I got no pay
Just got a worried soul;
And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
Left by the number nine coal
Someday when I die and go
To heaven, land of my dreams
I won't have to worry about losing my job
To bad times and big machines
Oh I got no job and I got no pay
I've just got a worried soul
And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
Left by the #9 coal
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