Kathy Mattea - Hello My Name Is Coal

      Hello, My Name Is Coal
Written by Larry Cordle & Jenee Fleenor
Recorded by Kathy Mattea                       2012
Album: Calling Me Hom
Capo on 2

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I'm from West 'by God' Virginia and the high Kentucky hills
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I'm dirty but I'm honest, I pay a poor man's bills
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I'm pros- perity and poverty, I'm a scoundrel and a saint
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I'm loved, reviled, misunderstood, I'm a hope in a hopeless place

[Chorus]
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Hel- lo, my name is coal, and a- round here I'm the king
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Some say I'm a savior, some say death is what I bring
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I've broke miner's backs and hearts and I've wrestled for their souls
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Let me intro- duce myself, hel- lo, my name is coal  

[Inst]
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Some men call me 'black gold', you might have heard of me
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My body is the mountain, my breath is kerosene
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You might think I'm out of date, but if I'm out of style and old
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And why do men still dig me all a- round the globe?

[Chorus]
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Hel- lo, my name is coal, and a- round here I'm the queen
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Some say I'm cheap and easy, oh but, they still bow to me
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Be careful, I'll break up your home and I'll steal away your soul
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It's dangerous to lust for me, hel- lo, my name is coal  

[Inst]
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They curse me now for what I am, but not that long ago
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They sang my praises everywhere, hello my name is coal  

[Outro]
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