Find a vein and drain the black gold
Hoping to god that the timbers hold
Like my father before me, it's all I know
We live only to harvest the coal.
To harvest the coal…
Mine owners' mercy about as shallow as a grave
We're living in shanty towns – we ain't got no say
14 hours shifts and such a meager wage
And Mother Jones can't help us now anyway
Can't help us now anyway..
Well take the roads we'll take the train by force
O deliver us Lord from the gathering storm
Lay down your bibles, take up your gun
Blair Mountain, here we come
Here we come ..
Red bandanas tell us what side you're on
We're the rednecks of the Union 1921
We leave tonight, 13,000 strong
Well take the fight to Blair Mountain before the dawn.
Before the dawn…
We'll take the roads we'll take the train by force
O deliver us Lord from the gathering storm
Lay down your bibles, take up your gun
Blair Mountain, here we come
Here we come ..
We'll take the roads we'll take the train by force
O deliver us Lord from the gathering storm
Lay down your bibles, take up your gun
Blair Mountain, here we come
Here we come ..
I fight for my father still buried in the mine
I fight for my son – so he'll have a better life
We're soldiers of the great war and it don't seem right
To treat a man like a dog -just to make a dime.
Just to make a dime…
We'll take the roads we'll take the train by force
O deliver us Lord from the gathering storm
Lay down your bibles, take up your gun
Blair Mountain, here we come
Here we come ..
Find a vein and drain the black gold
You better hope to god that the timbers hold..
Hoping to god that the timbers hold
Like my father before me, it's all I know
We live only to harvest the coal.
To harvest the coal…
Mine owners' mercy about as shallow as a grave
We're living in shanty towns – we ain't got no say
14 hours shifts and such a meager wage
And Mother Jones can't help us now anyway
Can't help us now anyway..
Well take the roads we'll take the train by force
O deliver us Lord from the gathering storm
Lay down your bibles, take up your gun
Blair Mountain, here we come
Here we come ..
Red bandanas tell us what side you're on
We're the rednecks of the Union 1921
We leave tonight, 13,000 strong
Well take the fight to Blair Mountain before the dawn.
Before the dawn…
We'll take the roads we'll take the train by force
O deliver us Lord from the gathering storm
Lay down your bibles, take up your gun
Blair Mountain, here we come
Here we come ..
We'll take the roads we'll take the train by force
O deliver us Lord from the gathering storm
Lay down your bibles, take up your gun
Blair Mountain, here we come
Here we come ..
I fight for my father still buried in the mine
I fight for my son – so he'll have a better life
We're soldiers of the great war and it don't seem right
To treat a man like a dog -just to make a dime.
Just to make a dime…
We'll take the roads we'll take the train by force
O deliver us Lord from the gathering storm
Lay down your bibles, take up your gun
Blair Mountain, here we come
Here we come ..
Find a vein and drain the black gold
You better hope to god that the timbers hold..
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