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