Blue Tattoo Coal Town Road lyrics

Travelin` down that coaltown road,
Listen to my rubber tires whine;
Goodbye to buckeye and white sycamore,
I`m leavin` you behind.
I`ve been a coal miner all my life
Layin` down track in the hole,
Got a back like an ironwood bent by the wind
Blood veins as black as the coal.

Somebody said `that`s a strange tattoo
You have on the side of your head.`
I said `that`s a mark of number nine coal
A little more and i`d be dead`
But i love the rumble and i love the dark
I love the cool of the slate.
But it`s travelin` down this new road lookin` for a job
It`s the travelin` and lookin` i hate.

I`ve stood for the union, i walked in the line,
I fought against the company;
I stood for the u. m. w. of a.
Now who`s gonna stand for me?
Cause i got no job, i got no pay,
I just got a worried soul;
And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
Left by the number nine coal.

Someday when i`m dead and gone
To heaven, the land of my dreams,
I won`t have to worry on losin` my job
To bad times `n big machines.
But i got no job and i got no pay,
I just got a worried soul;
And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
Left by that number nine coal,
Left by that number nine coal.
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