The Striker (3:39)

Contact info:
Marty Falle
marty@faceforwardmedia.com 


330.410.3374

The Striker (3:39)
ISRC Code - QZPLR2480209
Single Release Date: August 1, 2024

Songwriter, Publishing & PRO: Words and Music by Marty Falle and Music by Vince Ruby / Country Cool Music Nashville and ASCAP

“The Striker”
Words by Marty Falle
Music by Marty Falle and Vince Ruby

I used to think I was building us a dream
Now each and every day feels like paddling up stream
They say "to work is to pray", but I'd rather just get paid
It's tough. It's tough

Harlan ain’t no Boomtown. This aint 1953
Kentucky Coal is closin’ down, there’s nothing left for me.
And now you say you have to sell your wedding ring
It's tough. It's tough.

There ain't no easy way,
It's sweat, blood and faith and the pain goes on
Saying I love you, just ain't near enough,
When life gets this rough
And I broke every promise to your daddy that day,
When he said you could be mine
It's tough. It's tough

Strike Breakers and gun thugs I knew just where I stand
When the company shot my brother and Black Lung took my Dad
This Corporate greed, I’ll never understand
It's tough. It's tough.

Here I am again, I show up on the picket line
With a hundred other guys holdin’ a UMW sign
But anyone can see that we are running out of time
It's tough. It's tough.