Coal Black Water (feat. Missy Raines)

They blew up Coal River Mountain

And everything inside

Came rushing to the valley

Like children down a slide

And everyone got paid

Right before they died

When they blew up Coal River Mountain

They blew the trees off Lost Mountain

And the air was filled with wings

The sky was black and grey

Not the bright colors of spring

And the devil sang a song

That only the devil sings

When they blew the trees off Lost Mountain

This world isn’t fit for beast or human

But we live like men and work like women

And hope for better for our sons and daughters

Who are born just to drown in coal black water

They blew up Grandfather Mountain

I saw it in a dream

The rocks and trees all tumbled

Way down into the stream

And everything that washed away

Still belonged to me

When they blew up Grandfather Mountain

 

This world isn’t fit for beast or human

But we live like men, and we work like women

This world isn’t fit for beast or human

But we live like men, and we work like women

This world isn’t fit for beast or human

But we live like men, and we work like women

And hope for better for our sons and daughters

Who are born just to drown in coal black water