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For those who work the "world's most dangerous job."
For those who mine the coal that's let's up "keep the lights on..."
For those who lost their lives in the recent mining disaster in Turkey and for their loved ones...
Prayers & tears,
bill

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COAL DUST SOUL Music/lyrics: bill mallonee
You tell yourself it’s only temporary
just a few years to shave off of your youth
But sure as tomorrow, given all you’ll have to borrow
that company store won’t ever turn you loose
chorus 1
a miner’s world is a dark one
miner’s world is full of ghosts
a miner’s I’ll guarantee...
she prays more than most
I won’t have much to offer
no, I won’t have much to show
nothing but this coal dust soul
nothing but this coal dust soul

There’s always one more kid that’s gonna gamble
but there’s no escaping the curse
when all yer measured by down here are the veins you can clear
and what you can scrape outta the earth
chorus 2
a miner’s world is a dark one
miner’s world is full of ghosts
a miner’s wife, I reckon,
she prays more than most
and if I get to heaven
I won’t have much in tow
nothing but this coal dust soul
nothing but this coal dust soul

now to steal the earth’s possessions
must surely come with a cost
and I know all my friends down here
by the sound of their cough
I know ‘em by the smiles they smile
beneath the grimy face
I know ‘em by the things
they can’t really say
chorus 3
a miner’s world is a dark one
miner’s world is full of ghosts
a miner’s wife, I’m here to say
she prays more than most
and if I do get meet Jesus
I won’t have much to show
nothing but this coal dust soul
nothing but this coal dust soul

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from "BEATITUDE" Bill Mallonee & Vigilantes of Love (Summer 2013), released June 7, 2013
Bill Mallonee: guitars, vocals
Muriah Rose: piano, vocals
Bill Pratt: pedal steel

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Bill Mallonee

Bill Mallonee is an Americana artist w/ 80 plus albums over a 30 year career. Voted by Paste Music Magazine #65 in their "Top 100 Living Songwriters" poll. He was the
founding member of Vigilantes of Love. He has worked with Mark Heard, Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris, & Peter Buck from REM.
His most recent work, "Lead On, Kindly Light" is a 23song double Cd released Feb 2020.
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