Coal Tattoo Lyrics - Kingston Trio

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 

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