If you don't look away how can I sit down
Gotta get this wheel back on the track
Gotta get you alone in the mine some day
Holes in my pockets and holes in my shoes
In ten more years I'll a pensioner be
'Cause you got no heart you got no soul
Boss man, boss man, clear the track
Why you might say he's a rural sprout
You're gonna tear the skin right off-a my back
I can't hold on but I can't let go
If you ever lay your hands on me
The company plan takes all my pay
'Cause a dollar I've earned is a dollar I've spent
I gotta get you alone in the mine some day
Push your face down in the coal
Boss man, boss man, turn it around
I can't hold on but I can't let go
Boss man, boss man, what do you say?
The company plan takes all my check
Boss man, boss man, what do you say?
And I can't say yes, I can't say no
It'll be murder in the first degree
Boss man, boss man, what do you say?
Got a child in July and another last May
Boss man, boss man, pay my rent
Boss man, boss man, what do you say?
The young-a lad knows when the girls are out
If you're ready for me I'ma ready for you
For breaking my back and risking my neck
Country life's the life for me
Look at this load upon my back
If you can't lend a hand then get outta my way
Gotta get you alone in the mine some day
