Lyrics

Another long day at Mister Peabody's mine Another walk through the gate past them 3-story tires But I dare not speak out though it kills me to know I sold my soul to the company store I sold my soul And it won't come back no never no more I owe my soul, my body and soul And it won't come back no never no more Handbills passed to workers far and near Saying all them things poor folks want to hear Then thousands miles traveled, nothing to show And you owe your soul to the company store I owe my soul I sold my soul to the company store I lost my soul, and it won't come back no never no more I hail from the town burdened with his name His house still stands, they give tours everyday Where the mine once was is now littered with homes By the people who lived and died at the mine up the road Where I come stands a mountain of blood 80 miners dead and only 30 company thugs A shootout on Blair Mountain over workers' rights Better not forget we're at war boy, fight! I stole my soul I took it right back from the company store Nobody own my soul And I won't go back no never no more Ten thousand brave miners saw the only way To do an honest day's work and get an honest day's pay Steal a train, circle the mountain with guns Hop on y'all, the time has come Put on your red bandannas, pack a pistol in your jeans That's the only redneck to be proud to be An anti-racist union soldier that rallies to war Against the companies, government, and attacks on the poor They stole their soul... And they took it right back from that company store Nobody own our souls And we won't go back no never no more We won't back down no never no more We don't owe shit to the company store