subterranean coal seam blues

from we heard home EP by Joey Coe and the Ohio

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we bomb the mountains and torture the trees
strangle the streams, the land's on its knees
this ain't a business this is a war
is keepin the lights on worth killing for?

I'm not from Appalachia, but I do live just down stream
and here's what I know for sure
our Kentucky blood runs deeper than coal seams

coal keeps the lights on
but that's not what I know
because the sun has stopped shining
on my old Kentucky home

I'm not a coal miner's son,
but I know a smokin gun when I see one
it's not my job on the line,
but I won't stand by as they bury paradise under another strip mine

coal keeps the lights on
but that's not what I know
because the sun has stopped shining
on my old Kentucky home

we bomb the mountains and torture the trees
strangle the streams, the land's on its knees
this ain't a business this is a war
is keepin the lights on worth killing for?

credits

from we heard home EP, released April 30, 2011
banjo: Eli Kleinsmith
guitar, vocals: Joey Coe
drums: Sam Kessler
Bass: Steven Page

written by Joey Coe, Sam Kessler, Emmy Woosley, Eli Kleinsmith and Hannah Morris.

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