The Kingston Trio - Coal Tattoo

Travelin' down that coal town road Listenin' to my rubber tires whine
Goodbye to Buckeye and white Sycamore I'm leavin' you behind
I've been coal miner all of my life Layin' down track in the hole
Gotta back like an ironwood, bit 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 the blueprint left by the coal A little more and I'd been dead
Well, I love the rumble and I love the dark I love the cool of the slade
And it's on down the new road, lookin' for a job This travelin' nook in my head

I stood for the union and walked in the line and fought against the company
I stood for the U M W of A Now, who's gonna stand for me
I've got no house and I got no job, just got 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

Some day when I'm dead and gone to heaven, the land of my dreams
I won't have to worry on losin' my job, on bad times and big machines
I ain't gonna pay my money away on dues or hospital plans
I'm gonna pick coal where the blue heavens roll and sing with the angel band
Travelin' down that coal town road Listenin' to my rubber tires whine
Goodbye to Buckeye and white Sycamore I'm leavin' you behind
I've been coal miner all of my life Layin' down track in the hole
Gotta back like an ironwood, bit 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 the blueprint left by the coal A little more and I'd been dead
Well, I love the rumble and I love the dark I love the cool of the slade
And it's on down the new road, lookin' for a job This travelin' nook in my head

I stood for the union and walked in the line and fought against the company
I stood for the U M W of A Now, who's gonna stand for me
I've got no house and I got no job, just got 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

Some day when I'm dead and gone to heaven, the land of my dreams
I won't have to worry on losin' my job, on bad times and big machines
I ain't gonna pay my money away on dues or hospital plans
I'm gonna pick coal where the blue heavens roll and sing with the angel band
Coal Tattoo By The Kingston Trio

The second troupe of the legendary pop-folk group the Kingston Trio performs a song by award-winning country songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler, who had penned ...

"Coal Tattoo" by Billy Edd Wheeler

Song: Coal Tattoo Artist: Billy Edd Wheeler Saw a lot of covers on Youtube, but not the original. I do not own any copyright over the song or any works of this ...

Kingston Trio - Coal Tattoo

Kingston Trio-Coal Tattoo

From 'Time to Think'.

Coal Tattoo

The Chad Mitchell Trio had been around for 8 albums before Chad left the Trio in1965 and was replaced by a young John Denver. They came out with an album ...

The Kingston Trio

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