Down where the dirt road meets the tracks
Lives a girl in a little white shack
Long brown hair and a rebel smile
Been causin’ trouble round here a while
Boots on the porch dress in the breeze
Eyes like honey in the autumn trees
Every boy from here to Carter’s Creek
Done lost his mind ‘fore the end of the week
But word travels fast through a mountain town
And there’s one man you don’t want around
She’s the coal miner’s daughter wild and free
Every boy in town knows her like me
But keep that hush when her daddy’s near
That old man’s temper’s mean and clear
Got hands like stone and a vengeance hotter
Than the fires down in that dark coal water
Yeah you might love the coal miner’s daughter
But you best not let her daddy find out
Saturday night at the Rusty Pine
She’ll dance till midnight past closing time
Laugh so loud it’ll shake them walls
Every man in the room just stalls
She’ll steal a kiss out by the truck
Leave you grinnin’ like a fool struck luck
But when the headlights hit that road
Everybody scatters and nobody knows
‘Cause her old man’s truck rolls slow through town
And every head starts lookin’ down
She’s the coal miner’s daughter wild and free
Every boy in town knows her like me
But keep that hush when her daddy’s near
That old man’s temper’s mean and clear
Got hands like stone and a vengeance hotter
Than the fires down in that dark coal water
Yeah you might love the coal miner’s daughter
But you best not let her daddy find out
That man’s been swingin’ picks all day
Two miles down where the black rocks lay
Arms like iron lungs full of dust
And a shotgun ridin’ in the truck he trusts
So if you see her smile in the pale moonlight
You might wanna think twice ‘fore you stay all night
She’s the coal miner’s daughter sweet and wild
Got the devil’s laugh and an angel’s smile
Every boy in town’s been pulled that way
But none of us got the nerve to say
‘Cause her daddy’s boots hit hard as thunder
And his patience runs six feet under
Yeah you might love the coal miner’s daughter
But you best not let her daddy find out
“Coal Miner’s Daughter” is track number 2 on the Thumper Barrel album, Bush Bond.
Track: Coal Miner’s Daughter
Album: Bush Bond
ISRC: QZNWX2632100
ASCAP: 935049065