Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Coal Tattoo, artist - The Kingston Trio. Date of issue: 05.11.2019
Song language: English
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 |
| Oh I’ve been a coal man all my life |
| Layin' 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 tattoo |
| You have on the side of your head.» |
| I said «That's a blue print, left by the coal |
| Just a little more and I’d be dead» |
| And I love the rumble and I love the dark |
| I love the cool of the slate |
| But it’s on down the new road lookin' for a job |
| It’s the travelin' and lookin' I hate |
| I’ve stood for the union, walkin' the line |
| Fought against the company; |
| Stood for the U. M. W. of A |
| Now who’s gonna stand for me? |
| I got no house and I got no pay |
| 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 |
| I ain’t gonna pay my money away |
| For pensions and hospital plans |
| I’m gonna pick coal where the blue heavens roll |
| And sing with the angel bands |