Black Gold

BLACK GOLD

VERSE 1

GRANDADDY SPENT HIS LIFE IN THAT OLD KENTUCKY MINE
WORKING TWELVE HOURS SIX DAYS A WEEK
NEVER HEARD HIM ONCE COMPLAIN BOUT THE HOURS OR THE PAIN
UP AT THE ROOSTER’S CROW ALL DAY ON HIS FEET

CHORUS

IN THE HOLE, IN THE HOLE
MAKING MONEY IN THE HOLE
HE’LL TAKE HIS LAST BREATH
DIGGING THAT DIRTY BLACK GOLD

VERSE 2

IT WAS THE SUMMER OF ‘65 HE BARELY MADE IT OUT ALIVE
WHEN THE MINE COLLAPSED AT 300 FEET
AND YOU COULD ALWAYS DEPEND HE’D BE THERE FOR A FRIEND
AND A STRANGER HE NEVER DID MEET

CHORUS

IN THE HOLE, IN THE HOLE
MAKING MONEY IN THE HOLE
HE’LL TAKE HIS LAST BREATH
DIGGING THAT DIRTY BLACK GOLD

VERSE 3

IT WAS A COLD AND DREARY DAY WHEN THE GOOD LORD TOOK HIM AWAY
WE LAID HIM TO REST ON SHADY GROVE
THE TRUTH COULD HEARD IN THE PREACHERS’ FINAL WORDS
HE’S DONE DIGGIN’ FOR THAT DIRTY BLACK GOLD

CHORUS

IN THE HOLE, IN THE HOLE
NO MORE DIGGING IN THE HOLE
HE TOOK HIS LAST BREATH
DIGGING THAT DIRTY BLACK GOLD