Coal Town Road We got up in the dark Down the coal town road And we hike along the track Where the coal trains load And we make the ponies pull Till they nearly break their backs And we'll never see the sun Down the coal town road There's miners little sons Down the coal town road Playing with their cowboy guns Where the coal trains load But they'd better make the best Of their childhood while it runs There's a pick and shovel waiting Down the coal town road If there's a god for us Down the coal town road All the miners he can bless Where the coal trains load For we're sweating in the hole Sucking down the devil's dust Just to keep the fires a blazing Down the coal town road