Black Lung

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