Old King Coal Lyrics - High Top Mountain - Sturgill Simpson

Many a man down in these here hills 

made a living off that old black gold 

Now there ain't nothing but welfare and pills 

and the wind never felt so cold 

I'll be one of the first in a long long line 

not to go down from that old black lung 

My death will be slower than the rest of my kind 

And my life will be sadder than the songs they all sung 

Old King Coal what are we gonna do 

when the mountains are gone and so are you 

They come from the city to lend a hand 

carrying signs saying, Shut the mines down 

We ain't looking for pity and you don't understand 

So go back to your city now cause this ain't your town 

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My Great Grandfather spent his days in a coal mine 

and his nights on the porch in a chair 

Now he's in heaven and down here in hell 

the rivers run muddy and the mountains are bare 

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