Coal Tattoo

Billy Edd Wheeler

Travelin' down that coal town road
Listenin' to my steel wheels whine;
Goodbye to buckeye and white sycamore
I'm leavin' you behind
I've been a coal man all my life
Layin' down tracks in the hole
Got a back like an ironwood
Bent 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 mark of the number nine coal
A little more and I'd be dead"
Still I love the rumble and I love the dark
I love the cool of the slate
But it's on down the new road lookin' for a job
It's travelin' and runnin' I hate
It's travelin' and runnin' I hate

Someday when I die and to Heaven I go
To Heaven the land of my dreams
I won't have to worry about losin' my job
To bad times and big machines
Still I've got no job and I've got no pay
Just got a worried soul
And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
Left by the number nine coal
Left by the number nine coal
Left by the number nine coal

Trivia about the song Coal Tattoo by Jim Croce

When was the song “Coal Tattoo” released by Jim Croce?
The song Coal Tattoo was released in 1966, on the album “Facets”.
Who composed the song “Coal Tattoo” by Jim Croce?
The song “Coal Tattoo” by Jim Croce was composed by Billy Edd Wheeler.

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