Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Coal Tattoo , by - Warren Haynes. Release date: 23.07.2015
Song language: English
Coal Tattoo |
| Travelling down this coal town road |
| Listening to my rubber tires whine |
| Good-bye to buckeye and white sycamore |
| I’m leaving you behind |
| I’ve been a coal man all my life |
| Laying down track in the hole |
| Got a back like an ironwood, |
| Warped by the wind, |
| Blood veins as blue as the coal |
| Blood veins as 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 be dead» |
| Well, I love the rumble and I love the dark |
| I love the cool of the slate |
| But this travelling around, looking for a job |
| Travelling and looking I hate |
| Travelling and looking I hate |
| I stood in line for the union |
| Fought against the company |
| Stood for the U.M.W.A. |
| Now who’s gonna stand by me? |
| I got no job and I got no pay |
| I just got a weary soul |
| And this blue tattoo on the side of my face |
| 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 losing my job |
| To hard times and big machines |
| And I ain’t gonna pay my money away |
| On dues and hospital plans |
| I’m gonna pick coal, where the blue heaven’s roll |
| And sign with the angel band |
| Sing with the angel band… |