Coal Tattoo

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Travelin' down that coal town road listen to my rubber tires whine Goodbye to Buckeye and white Sycamore, I'm leavin' you behind Oh-oh, I've been a coal miner all my life layin' down track in the hole Gotta back like an ironwood bent by the wind, blood veins blue as the coal [Verse 2] Somebody said, "That's a strange tattoo you have on the side of your head" I said, "That's the blue mark left by the coal, a little more and I'd been dead Oh-oh, I love the rumble and I love the dark, I love the cool of the slade But it's goin' down that new road, lookin' for a job, that lookin' and drivin' I hate [Verse 3] I stood for the union, I walked in the line, I fought against the company I stood for the UMWA, now, who's gonna stand for me? 'Cause I got no job, and I got no pay just got a worried soul And a blue tattoo on the side of my head left by the number nine coal [Verse 4] Some day when I'm dead and gone to Heaven, the land of my dream Won't have to worry on losin' my job to hard times or big machines 'Cause I got no job, and I got no pay just got a worried soul And a blue tattoo on the side of my head left by the number nine coal, left by the number nine coal, yeah!