[Verse 1]
Travelin' down that coal town road listen to my rubber tires whine
Goodbye to Buckeye and white Sycamore, I'm leavin' you behind
Oh-oh, I've been a coal miner all my life layin' down track in the hole
Gotta back like an ironwood bent by the wind, blood veins blue as the coal

[Verse 2]
Somebody said, "That's a strange tattoo you have on the side of your head"
I said, "That's the blue mark left by the coal, a little more and I'd been dead
Oh-oh, I love the rumble and I love the dark, I love the cool of the slade
But it's goin' down that new road, lookin' for a job, that lookin' and drivin' I hate

[Verse 3]
I stood for the union, I walked in the line, I fought against the company
I stood for the UMWA, now, who's gonna stand for me?
'Cause I got no job, and I got no pay just got a worried soul
And a blue tattoo on the side of my head left by the number nine coal

[Verse 4]
Some day when I'm dead and gone to Heaven, the land of my dream
Won't have to worry on losin' my job to hard times or big machines
'Cause I got no job, and I got no pay just got a worried soul
And a blue tattoo on the side of my head left by the number nine coal, left by the number nine coal, yeah!