Warren Haynes - Coal Tattoo lyrics

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...