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Kathy Mattea( Kathleen Alice 'Kathy' Mattea )
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Black Lung
Lyricist:Hazel Dickens
He's had more hard luck than most men could stand The mines was his first love but never his friend He's lived a hard life and hard he'll die Black lung's done got him his time is nigh
Black lung, black lung, oh you're just bidin' your time Soon all of this sufferin' I'll leave behind But I can't help but wonder what God had in mind To send such a devil to claim this soul of mine
He went to the boss man but he closed the door Well, it seems you're not wanted when you're sick and you're poor You ain't even covered in their medical plans And your life depends on the favors of man
Down in the poor house on starvation's plan Where pride is a stranger and doomed is a man His soul full of coal dust till his body's decayed And everyone but black lung's done turned him away
Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Black lung, black lung, oh your hand's icy cold As you reach for my life and you torture my soul Cold as that water hole down in that dark cave Where I spent my life's blood diggin' my own grave
Down at the graveyard the boss man came With his little bunch of flowers, dear God what a shame Take back those flowers, don't you sing no sad songs The die has been cast now, a good man is gone
He's had more hard luck than most men could stand The mines was his first love but never his friend He's lived a hard life and hard he'll die Black lung's done got him his time is nigh
Black lung, black lung, oh you're just bidin' your time Soon all of this sufferin' I'll leave behind But I can't help but wonder what God had in mind To send such a devil to claim this soul of mine
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