Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott - Keep Your Dirty Lights On lyrics

Well my Daddy came from coal dust And me I'm bout the same If you've read King Coal's ledger book Then you've seen my family name It used to take a camp of miners To load that train and gone Now there's four in my crew and we do what we do To keep your dirty lights on Keep your dirty lights on Keep your dirty lights on If you've got money in your pocket and a switch on the wall We'll keep your dirty lights on Well Daddy worked in darkness Me in broad daylight I can blow a whole seam like daddy never dreamed Using old bill's dynamite As long as there's coal in them mountains We're gonna burn up it till it's gone We can't stop blowing mountain tops We've gotta keep your dirty lights on Every time they have elections They talk how coal is clean Well coal is cheap but coal's still black It ain't never turning green So plug your electric car in Charge it good and strong Do your shopping online we'll get you every time Just keep your dirty lights on