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BLACK LUNG AND ALCOHOL
Take a ride through the mines
See the place that I call home
In the hills coal miners gave it all
To black lung and alcohol
In the dark is all we've ever known
Brothers marching on towards death and broken bones
John is gone crushed inside
Left behind the ones he loved
To the church...hell to the bar
Leave the bottle and light my dart
In the dark is all we've ever known
Brothers marching on towards death and broken bones
Just fifty-five turned ninety-nine
Thanks to mining all that coal
A defeated man gave it all
To black lung and alcohol
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