Tramp - The Coal Lyrics

The coal's gonna be gone some day
The coal's gonna be gone some day
The coal's gonna be gone someday
And we're gonna have to pay
We're gonna have to pay

I make my living from a hole in the ground
Where the kids who finished college
Few will be found
I work long hours
And drive a long, long way
I pack a lunch and a Bible
In my bucket everyday
And I hear the children say

The coal's gonna be gone some day
The coal's gonna be gone some day
The coal's gonna be gone someday
And we're gonna have to pay
We're gonna have to pay

We're told there's plenty
The other miners and me
That we can work out our lifetimes
The last of it we won't see
So we take our chance
As we toil away
Cause a coal miner's what keeps the lights on
Around here anyway
And I hear the children say

The coal's gonna be gone some day
The coal's gonna be gone some day
The coal's gonna be gone someday
And we're gonna have to pay
We're gonna have to pay

Now I'm not stupid
Sellin' coal's got hard
And many a man in my town's
Got a sign in his front yard
Maybe they'll leave it
Leave and let it lay
Pick who you blame it'll be gone the same
As if we mined it all away
And I hear the children say

The coal's gonna be gone some day
The coal's gonna be gone some day
The coal's gonna be gone someday
And we're gonna have to pay
We're gonna have to
Pay