Dave Gunning — Coal From The Train

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[Intro]

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[Verse 1]
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I’ve worked this job since I was 15
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On this old steel liner running on steam
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Cutting through the woods to the mills stations and towns
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Through the wind and rain beating down
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Got my share of problems that I won’t share
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That’s just the way that it goes ’round here
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There’s food on our plates and clothes on our backs
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That’s more than I can say for some folk along these tracks

[Chorus]
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Oooooh shovelin’ coal from this train
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Oooooh shovelin’ coal from this train

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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Before the sun rises I’m back in my boots
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And I’m killing time with some old railway tune
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It’s been a long winter it’s been cold as hell
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We’ll stop for lunch when the clock strikes twelve
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When the work gets tough the money stays the same
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Yet we hold on to things that haven’t changed
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And for all the ones without a chance to give back
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We do this job even though they never ask

[Chorus]
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Oooooh shoveling coal from this train
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Oooooh shoveling coal from this train

[Bridge]
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Sometimes I get mean when I’m a drinking not a man you want to cross
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But I’ll not see a child go hungry or face a winter frost
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As we pass by these troubled shacks we try to ease their pain
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We dig those shovels way down deep no need to explain

[Chorus]
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Oooooh shoveling coal from this train
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Oooooh shoveling coal from this train
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Oooooh shoveling coal from this train
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Oooooh shoveling coal from this train

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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I’ve been retired now for a year
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Still hear that engine ringing in my ears
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The train still smokes and that whistle blows
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I watch my TV and sit here by the stove
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When I’m on my way into the liquor store
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I run into folks taking money for the poor
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I reach in my pocket and dig for change
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And hand it out no need to explain

[Chorus]
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Oooooh shoveling coal from this train
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Oooooh shoveling coal from this train
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Oooooh shoveling coal from this train
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Oooooh shoveling coal from this train

[Outro]

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