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Pioneer

by Pioneer

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For forty-two years Is a mighty long time I labored untold Down in a coal mine Down in a deep hole Where the bright lights did glow Back in a dark room A-spadin' up coal. My bones they did ache me My kneecaps got bad Down on a hard rock On a set of knee pads The motors were shifting I got sand in my hair Both lungs were broke down From breathing bad air.
2.
Bituminous 03:42
The Union's got me down On my back again They're making me choose between Work and my friends I cannot afford this strike Though it's just two kids and my wife I don't know where to go I've got nowhere to go My strength's enough My shoulders broad To bear the earth's oldest clods From the secrets she tries To hide them beneath Her underside, in the deepest seams Each day I go to work I pray for disaster Only in death can we deter this hurt Only then will the walls see me as friend When all will use me as a sign
3.
Old Timers 03:17
Gamble lays underneath the fall Of roof and sides Work quickly, softer grow his pleas Increased fall frequency No, please don't go, left me alone Is Stevens here, his strength can hold Seven hours underground Old timers on our backs Cut off from the main shaft Foul air on our tracks The water rose, when we broke in The old workings, flooded this pit Lamps gone out I can taste, dirt in my mouth Eyes won't adjust, they've been forced shut Give my wife my love Timber and stones, another comes Withers is hurt, dig me out Underground oh muffled sounds Legs won't move no they're earth bound They're breaking through, I'm in the roof Filled up with dirt, body bruised
4.
Pioneers 05:15
Oh we are, pioneers and we’ve got no fears Fraterville, Tennessee, I was just three months and a week My pa breathed in bad air now he’s gone thats the story I grew up with caught my curiosity A pioneer holds nothing back I am young I think I’ll move out west Oh, Oh Bring out those monsters of machine Fire up that bucket wheel, we’ve found a shallow seam So let’s strip this earth and field To find, our next venture
5.
LaCygne 05:02
Brothers Scammon Let’s move to Kansas Cherokee County Doubt what we’re doing We’ll show you yet Forty loads of coal Underground principle Red piles of fools gold make Water and earth go I’ve been ordered to go back Repair the land I’ve left Turn those strip mines into a field Smooth over ditches so I can stand
6.
Afterdamp 04:25
I don't want to live in this state anymore Got the union on my back, better sneak me out the door oh, oh oh, oh Riding in the back seats of all my friends cars Looking out the back door, breathing in exhaust oh, oh oh, oh Now I’ve seen visions I’ve seen them in the stones In my mother's kitchen no black on the stove oh, oh oh, oh Is this my house Is this our house Is this my house
7.
Anthracite 04:53
I don’t think I’ll be home tonight, I’ve grown accustomed To a hole dug out from the inside, and I can’t sleep in a bed All the muscles in my eyes will never rest Like a sick I’ve got to wait out of my body, this seam is a fever I kind of thought you’d be gone by now but you’re still here, I can see ya, I can feel us Should’ve picked somebody with a heart of gold, Turns out mine’s made out of coal Don’t let me keep you from the whole that you deserved I won’t blame you for leaving me underground, in the dirt Yet you still stayed and supported me, you made that choice a decision to love me like they said Jesus Christ would do for us oh
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Lantern 05:10
I wake slowly, drag my body onto my feet But the longer I try to stay here The more I’m reminded by the dark frigid air That I am stuck Down below the earth’s cold dead crust Little bird, don't fly away Your yellow feathers they light like the day I don't want to cause you trouble I just want you to stay with me through the night Until the day breaks. And the morning sun sings praises over us My face is black as night today I can't see my fingers for the dark in my way But dear you are my hope and the reason I can stay down here for eight hours each day You are my lantern My darling wife you are my light And if the walls should come caving in Don’t fret cause I’ll see you soon with our Lord

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released March 4, 2016

Written by Pioneer
Recorded by A.J. Moore
Produced by Pioneer and A.J. Moore

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