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Coal Tattoo
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Coal Tattoo was released on February 7, 2020 by Flying a Records as a part of the album No Holds Barred
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Release DateFebruary 7, 2020
LabelFlying a Records
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Flyin' A's
The Flyin' A's
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Billy Edd Wheeler
Billy Edd Wheeler
Songwriter

Lyrics

Traveling down that coal town road
Listen to my rubber tires whine
It's goodbye to Buckeye and White Sycamore
I'm leaving you behind
Cause I've been a coal man all my life
Laying down track in a hole
Got a back like ironwood bent by the wind
Blood veins blue as the coal
Somebody said, "that's a strange tattoo
You have on the side of your head"
I say that's the blueprint left by the coal
Just a little more and I'll be dead
But I love the rumble, I love the dark
I love the cool of the slate
And it's on down a new road looking for a job
It's traveling and looking I hate
I stood for the union, walked the line
I 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've got no pain
Just got a worried soul
And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
Left by the number nine coal
Someday when I die
I'll go to heaven, the land of my dreams
I won't have to worry 'bout losing my job
To bad times or big machines
I'm not gonna pay my money away
On dues or hospital plans
Gonna pick white coal as the blue heavens roll
And sing with the angel band
I'm not gonna pay my money away
On dues or hospital plans
Gonna pick white coal as the blue heavens roll
And sing with the angel band
Sing with the angel band
Written by: Billy Edd Wheeler
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