| Don’t you take me to West Virginia mine
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| Don’t you make me leave my love behind
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| Oh, low-down industry
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| You don’t protect my family
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| You know they’re lyin' in the West Virginia mine
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| Down so long in the West Virginia mine
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| Like to quit, Lord God knows we’re tryin'
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| Coal dust gets in your blood
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| Son, don’t you do what your Daddy done
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| You know he’s lyin' in the West Virginia mine
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| Livin' near the West Virginia mine
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| In cardboard houses, coal dust covered vines
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| But you just can’t get no other job
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| When all your good health has been robbed
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| People, keep on cryin' 'bout the West Virginia mine
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| Oh, oh-oh
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| You know your Daddy’s lyin' in the West Virginia mine
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| Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on
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| Keep on cryin' 'bout the West Virginia mine
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| People, people dyin' in the West Virginia mine
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| Children cryin' 'bout the West Virginia mine |