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Coal Tattoo
by Billy Edd Wheeler
Travelin' down that coal town road. Listen to my rubber tires whine.
Goodbye to buckeye and white sycamore. I'm leaving you behind.
I've been a coal man all of my life, laying down track in the hole.
Got a back like an iron wood, bent by the wind.
Blood veins blue as the coal. 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 a blueprint left by the number nine coal. A little more and
I'd have been dead.
Oh, but I love the rumble and I love the dark. I love the cool of the slate,
But it’s on down a new road, looking for a job. Traveling and looking, I
hate.
I stood for the union and 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 house and I got no pay. Just got a worrying soul
And a blue tattoo on the side of my head
Left by the number nine coal. Left by the number nine coal.
Someday when I die and go to heaven, the land of my dreams.
I won't have to worry about losing my job to bad times or big machines.
And I ain’t gonna pay my money away or lose my hospital plans.
I'm gonna dig that coal while the blue heavens roll.
Singing with the angel band. Singing with the angel band.