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Kentucky Gold Lyrics
Waking up early going back down
Black coffee black lung underground
This much money ain't even worth countin'
Hand to mouth this side of the mountain
The creek used to run clear across the tracks
Till Peabody came and it all turned black
The diamonds we digging
Don't sparkle or shine
Wastin' away in a rich mans mine
West Virginia Kentucky gold
Feed your family sell your soul
Dying young never growing old
For that West Virginia Kentucky gold
Wake up every morning
Kiss my kids good by
And whisper to my beautiful wife
If today's the day
That I should go
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
West Virginia Kentucky gold
Feed your family sell your soul
Dying young never growing old
For that West Virginia Kentucky gold
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
When it all caves in when the walls won't hold
West Virginia Kentucky gold
Feed your family sell your soul
Dying young never growing old
For that West Virginia Kentucky gold
For that West Virginia Kentucky gold
For that West Virginia Kentucky gold
Kentucky gold
Black coffee black lung underground
This much money ain't even worth countin'
Hand to mouth this side of the mountain
Till Peabody came and it all turned black
The diamonds we digging
Don't sparkle or shine
Wastin' away in a rich mans mine
Feed your family sell your soul
Dying young never growing old
For that West Virginia Kentucky gold
Kiss my kids good by
And whisper to my beautiful wife
If today's the day
That I should go
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
Feed your family sell your soul
Dying young never growing old
For that West Virginia Kentucky gold
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
Don't leave me down in that damn hole
When it all caves in when the walls won't hold
Feed your family sell your soul
Dying young never growing old
For that West Virginia Kentucky gold
For that West Virginia Kentucky gold
Kentucky gold
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Submitted by
rickvee On Nov 28, 2019
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Good ol' classic mining song with a bluesy groove. Song about having to work the coal mines for not much of a wage. Also his instruction if he is to perish, dont leave him down in that hole. Selling your soul to the man, b/c ya gotta make living.
Props to the blue collar working class in WVa, Kentucky (and beyond)! Y'all rock