Dirty Business
(JOHN DAWSON)
WELL THE MARSHALL CAME TO TOWN AND HIS HAT WAS PULLED WAY DOWN HE
LOOKED LIKE HE HAD BUSINESS ON HIS MIND HE DIDN'T STOP TO SAY HE JUST RODE
ALONG HIS WAY 'TIL HE STOPPED IN AT THE OFFICE OF THE MINE
CHORUS: DIRTY BUSINESS, DIRTY BUSINESS DIRTY BUSINESS DOWN IN
COAL CREEK DIRTY BUSINESS DOWN IN COAL CREEK THIS MORNING
WELL, I MAKE TWO BUCKS A DAY AND THAT AIN'T A HEALTHY PAY MY KIDS ARE
JUST BEGINNING TO GET SICK THERE'S TALK BEEN GOIN' ROUND HOW THEY'RE GONNA
SHUT IT DOWN IF THE MAN DON'T COME AND FIX THINGS PRETTY QUICK
REPEAT CHORUS
PRETTY SOON THERE WAS A CROWD IT WAS GETTING' PRETTY LOUD AND THE MEN
ALL SAID THERE'D BE NO WORK TODAY BUT THE OWNER WOULDN'T BUDGE HE JUST SAT
THERE LIKE A JUDGE AND HE WOULDN'T GIVE A NICKEL MORE IN PAY
CHORUS: DIRTY BUSINESS, DIRTY BUSINESS DIRTY BUSINESS DOWN IN
COAL CREEK DIRTY BUSINESS DOWN IN COAL CREEK THIS MORNING
JUST THEN THEY HEARD THE SOUND THAT RUMBLED FROM THE GROUND AND
EVERYONE WAS RUSHING FOR THE DOOR THE DUST CAME POURING OUT AND IT FINALLY
LEFT NO DOUBT THAT THE MINE WAS NOT AT ISSUE ANYMORE
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