Coal Keeps the Lights on- Jimmy Rose
Capo one
Intro:
Everything is basically throughout. Listen to song for timing
Verse 1:
He pulls in that oleâ Chevy from a second shift.
Mamaâs still sleeping, kids still crashed down on the couch.
He goes on the backdoor; he donât wanna wake them up.
So he wipes the coal dust off his face and hits his knees.
He says, âLord, I want to thank you for everything.
And the strength you give me to make it day by day.â
Coal keeps the lights on.
My hometown keeps food on the spoon in my younginâs mouth.
Tires on the truck and a sundress on my baby girl.
Coal keeps the bills paid, the clothes on the backs,
and shoes on the feet in the high school halls of the Mountain Lions
and the Bill County Bobcats on the hill.
Verse 2:
They went plumb down crazy in Washington.
Theyâre talking about closing the mines.
Theyâre gonna bleed us all dry from the inside out.
They donât care that much about the little man or the calloused hands.
Itâs a way of life âround, just like itâs always been.
Bridge:
If I get the chance to stand one day,
And name the things to me that Iâm most proud of,
Well, I hope one day I can say, that coal kept the lights on.
My hometown keeps food on the spoon in my younginâs mouth.
Tires on the truck and a sundress on my baby girl.
Coal kept the bills paid, the clothes on the backs,
and shoes on the feet in the high school halls of the Mountain Lions
and the Bill County Bobcats on the hill.
I hope I can say that coal kept the lights on.