Black Lung Lyrics

He replays it over

The life that could have been

His mother always warned him

About the poison in his head

He remembers the warning

The night his father died

He said son I may be leaving this world

But don't you dare leave your mother behind

He's tried and tried to move on

But he just can't let it go

It's like wrestling with the mountains

To steal all their coal

There's nothing left for him to do in this town

Except come down with the black lung

And put him six feet in the ground

Life is cruel in Harlan County

Nobody makes it out alive

So, what does it matter if he wastes one more night

Everybody says that Jesus saves

But he hasn't seen it yet

'Cause everyone in this town is a skeleton

Still living with regret

He's tried and tried to move on

But he just can't let it go

It's like wrestling with the mountains

To steal all their coal

There's nothing left for him to do in this town

Except come down with the black lung

And put him six feet in the ground

He's tried and tried to move on

But he just can't let it go

It's like wrestling with the mountains

To steal all their coal

There's nothing left for him to do in this town

Except come down with the black lung

And put him six feet in the ground