Marty Stuart - Coal Tattoo lyrics

[Verse 1] Travelling on down that coal town road Listen to my rubber tires whine Goodbye to buckeye and white sycamore I'm leaving you behind [Chorus] Oh I've been a coal miner all my life Laying down track in a hole Got a back like ironwood, bent like the wind Blood veins as blue as the coal Blood veins as blue as the coal [Verse 2] Well somebody said, that's a strange tattoo You have on the side of your head I said, that's a blue mark left by the coal Little more and I'd a been dead [Chorus] Oh I love the rumble and I love the dark Lord I love the cool of the slate But it's going down that new road looking for a job Travelling and looking I hate Travelling and looking I hate [Verse 3] Some day when I'm dead and gone To Heaven the land of my dreams I won't have to worry 'bout losing my job To bad times and big machines [Chorus] Oh I got no house Lord, I got no job Just a worried soul And a blue tattoo on the side of my head Left by the number nine coal Left by the number nine coal