The Dead South – Black Lung (Official Audio)

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Official Audio for Black Lung by The Dead South

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Lyrics:

Basically we are all alone at the centre of a pickaxe mine

Black lung stings as the pickaxe swings

And the void of the mine closes in

The Devil came and the angels sang

The song of the Holy Ghost

Tempted the soul from the pennies to the gold

Like the dust I spit from my mouth

Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa

Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa

Remember the night with the barroom fight

Where I killed all of my best friends

We gambled it away with the whiskey open keg

And we never saw it again

Well, I had a wife that I met back in high school

Her name was Lyla-Jean

We saved away to escape some place

On a local miner's minor pay

Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa

Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa

We saved so long the fall came and gone

At least 27 times

It fell through the floorboards into deep dark darkness

And we never saw it again

West Virginia's home and that's where we're staying

To the blade of the Bible hymn

Jesus says we're wicked so we just keep on pickin'

At the scab of the open mine

Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa

Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa

Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa

Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa

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