Letra de Coal Tattoo
Travelin' down that coal town roadListen to those rubber tires whineGoodbye to Buckeye and white Sycamore I'm leavin you behindI've been a coal man all my lifeLayin' down tracks 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 tatto You have on the side of your head" I said "That's the blueprint left by the coal Just a little more and I'd be dead" Well, I love the rumble and I love the dark I love the coal of slate But it's on down the new road lookin' for a job It's the travelling and lookin' I hate It's the travelling and lookin' I hate Someday when I'd dead and gone to heaven The land of my dream I won't have to worry on losin' job To bad times 'n big machines I ain't gonna pay money away For pensions and hospital plans I'm gonna pick coal where the blue heaven roll And sing with the angel bandsI stood in line for the union Fought against the company Stood for the U.M.W.A. Now who's grandstand by me? I got...