Letras de Coal Tattoo

Travelin′ down that coal town 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 of my life
Layin' down track in the hole
Got a back like an ironwood, 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 the blueprint left by the coal
A little more and I'd been dead

Well I love the rumble and I love the dark
I love the cool of the slate
And it′s on down the new road lookin' for a job
That′s travellin' up in my head

I stood for the union and walked in the line
Fought against the company
I stood for the U.M.W. of A
Now who′s gonna stand for me?

I got no house and I got no job
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

Someday when I'm dead and gone
To heaven the land of my dreams
I won't have to worry on losin′ my job
On bad times and big machines

I ain′t gonna pay my money away
For dues or hospital plans
I'm gonna pick coal while the blue heavens roll
And sing with the angel bands

I ain′t gonna pay my money away
For dues or hospital plans
I'm gonna pick coal while the blue heavens roll
And sing with the angel bands