Alaska
Everybody doubled up like moles
All the birds sat right down on the ground
And the sun was shining down on everybody's head but mine
Lord, I bet that sun is shining down
Just like clockwork I wash my face on Sundays
And my eyes are bigger that hubcaps in my face
But the skulls and the shinbones of folks I never seen before
Is the only thing that's left down in this place
O lord, the sun went down and it never came up again
I feel like this coal mine's up in Alaska
Yeah, I feel like this coal mine's up in Alaska
In the morning nothing much was left
Just the hollow bones of all them crows
And the mine shaft shut its fist
And then the blue sky blinked out
And all my blood gets filtered through this coal
Doris, I swear I love you
But the earth just opened and swallowed me up
And I'm tapping on a rusty pipe all day
But the blood that rusted up my heart
Is black as any river water
And I wonder if you hear anything I say
But that rust flows through my veins
And it's more than coal that left this stain
And my eyes are open but I can't see a thing
And the air I'm breathing is as thin as a string
O lord, the sun went down and it never came up again
I feel like this coal mine's up in Alaska
Yeah, I feel like this coal mine's up in Alaska
All the birds sat right down on the ground
And the sun was shining down on everybody's head but mine
Lord, I bet that sun is shining down
Just like clockwork I wash my face on Sundays
And my eyes are bigger that hubcaps in my face
But the skulls and the shinbones of folks I never seen before
Is the only thing that's left down in this place
O lord, the sun went down and it never came up again
I feel like this coal mine's up in Alaska
Yeah, I feel like this coal mine's up in Alaska
In the morning nothing much was left
Just the hollow bones of all them crows
And the mine shaft shut its fist
And then the blue sky blinked out
And all my blood gets filtered through this coal
Doris, I swear I love you
But the earth just opened and swallowed me up
And I'm tapping on a rusty pipe all day
But the blood that rusted up my heart
Is black as any river water
And I wonder if you hear anything I say
But that rust flows through my veins
And it's more than coal that left this stain
And my eyes are open but I can't see a thing
And the air I'm breathing is as thin as a string
O lord, the sun went down and it never came up again
I feel like this coal mine's up in Alaska
Yeah, I feel like this coal mine's up in Alaska
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Writer(s): Curtis Eller
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