Black Lung

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Stephen Fain Earle (; born January 17, 1955) is an American country, rock and folk singer-songwriter. He began his career as a songwriter in Nashville and released his first EP in 1982. Earle's breakthrough album was the 1986 debut album Guitar Town; the eponymous lead single peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country chart. Since then, he has released 20 more studio albums and received three Grammy awards each for Best Contemporary Folk Album; he has four additional nominations in the same category. "Copperhead Road" was released in 1988 and is his bestselling single; it peaked on its initial release at number 10 on the Mainstream Rock chart, and had a 21st-century resurgence reaching number 15 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, buoyed by vigoro… more »

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Sunrise
Lighting up the ridge tops
Slicing through the frost 
Like a red hot knife
Sometimes I'm dreaming I'm a running across
But I couldn't now to save my life
Hound dog, yipping in the holler
(?)
Brother, listen to him run
Somebody oughta catch him by the collar
But I ain't going nowhere
'Cause I'm down with black lung

Black lung
Never gets better
Every breath a little bit harder to draw
Shotgun loaded in the corner
Reckon I'mma lay here and die of black lung

Someday's are better than the others
Sit out on the porch when it's cool at night
Can't say there ain't some suffering
Every breath I take like a twelve round fight
Grandbabies out beneath the willow tree
Hollering and laughing, and it sound like fun
Can't pick 'em up, hug 'em all, anyway
Sorry honey granddaddy's down with black lung

Black lung
Never gets better
Every breath a little bit harder to draw
Shotgun loaded in the corner
Reckon I'mma lay here and die of black lung

It seemed like it was only yesterday
I pulled my first shift down a longwall mine
First breath of fresh air at the whistle
And I already knew it's just a matter of time
If I'd never been down in a coal mine
I'd live a lot longer, hell that ain't a close call
But then again I'd've never had anything
And half a life is better than nothing at all

Black lung
Never gets better
Every breath a little bit harder to draw
Shotgun loaded in the corner
Reckon I'mma lay here and die of black lung

Black lung
Never gets better
Every breath a little bit harder to draw
Shotgun loaded in the corner
Reckon I'mma lay here and die of black lung

Black lung
Never gets better
Every breath a little bit harder to draw
Shotgun loaded in the corner
Reckon I'mma lay here and die of black lung

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