Coal

[Verse 1]

Now God made coal for the men who sold their lives to West Van Lear

And you keep on diggin' 'til you get down there where it's darker than your darkest fears

And that woman in the kitchen she keeps on cookin' but she ain't had meat in years

Just live off bread, live off hope in a pool of a million tears

[Verse 2]

Now let me tell you somethin' 'bout the gospel

And make sure that you mark it down

When God spoke out "Let there be light"

He put the first of us in the ground

And we'll keep on diggin' 'til the comin' of the Lord

And Gabriel's trumpet sounds

'Cause if you ain't minin' for the company, boy

There ain't much in this town

[Chorus]

We could've made somethin' of ourselves out there if we'da listened to the folks that knew

That coal is gonna bury you

[Verse 3]

Now it's darker than a dungeon

And it's deeper than a well

So sometimes I imagine

That I'm gettin' pretty close to hell

And in my darkest hour

I cry out to the Lord

He says "Keep on minin' boy

'Cause that's why you were born"

[Chorus]

Well we could've made somethin' of ourselves out there if we'da listened to the folks that knew

That coal is gonna bury you