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Badless, The |
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Diamonds In The Coal |
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Diamonds In The Coal |
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My name is jackson jameson, a coal miner by trade |
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From a part of pennsylvania even jesus couldn't save |
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With towns named after indian chiefs and union army generals |
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It's nowhere in particular but everywhere in general |
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History says americans, we have the right to choose |
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But they never mention those of us whose opinions aren't used |
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Well, the big flood came in '72 and tore the railroad bridges down |
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Washed away our only means of getting shipments out of town |
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And the government won't subsidize rebuilding the central line |
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So there's barroom fights and anthracite and loads of extra time |
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History says americans, we have the right to choose |
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But they never mention those of us whose opinions aren't used |
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There's diamonds in the coal everybody ignores |
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A man never finds what he ain't looking for |
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A tree only grows if you nurture the seed |
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There's too many gems this world doesn't need |
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The people left like rainwater flowing through an open drain |
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But here i sit too proud to admit and too damn old to change |
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Now, the monuments at gettysburg keep the tourists going there |
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But we died too slow and quietly for anyone to care |
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History says americans, we have the right to choose |
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But they never mention those of us whose opinions aren't used |
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Chorus |