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the American powerhouse vocal trio, Red Molly.
Travelin' down that coal town road
Listenin' to my rubber tires whine
Goodbye to Buckeye and white Sycamore
I'm leavin' you behind
Oh, I've been a coal miner all of my life
Layin' down track in the hole
Gotta back like an ironwood
Bent by the wind
Blood veins blue as the coal
Blood veins blue as the coal
Somebody said that's a strange tattoo
You have on the side of your head
Well I said that's a blueprint left by the coal
A little more and I'd a been dead
Oh but I love the rumble and I love the dark
Love the cool of the slate
But it's goin' down that blue road
Lookin' for a job
It's travelin' and lookin' I hate
It's travelin' and lookin' I hate
(instrumental bluegrass music)
I stood for the union
I walked in the line
I fought against the company
I stood for the U.M.W. of A.
Now who's gonna stand for me
Yeah, I got no money and I got no home
Just got a worried soul
And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
Left me by the number nine coal
Left me by the number nine coal
(instrumental bluegrass music)
(instrumental bluegrass music)
Someday when I die and go
To heaven the land of my dreams
I won't have to worry about losin' my job
To bad times and big machines
Yeah I got no money and I got no home
Just got a worried soul
And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
Left me by the number nine coal
Left me by the number nine coal
Left me by the number nine coal
(audience applauding and cheering)
- All right, this is one of my favorite love songs
of all time.
It's a Doc and Rosa Lee Watson song.
No, bluegrass fans?
Doc Watson, nothing?
- [Voiceover] Never heard of 'em.
- Thank you.
(audience member laughing)
(lighthearted guitar music)
God has given us years
of happiness here
Now we must part
And as the angels
Come and call for you
The pangs of grief
Tug at my heart
Oh my darling
My darling
My heart
Breaks as you take
Your long journey
Oh the days will be empty
The nights so long
Without you my love
And when God
Calls for you
I'm left alone
But we will meet
In heaven above
Oh my darling
My darling
My heart
Breaks as you take
Your long journey
(melancholy instrumental music)
(melancholy instrumental music)
Fond memories I'll keep
Of happy ways
That on earth we trod
And when I come home
We will walk
Hand in hand
As one in heaven
In the family
Of God
Oh my darling
My darling
My heart breaks as you take
Your long journey
My heart breaks as you take
Your long journey
Oh my darling
My darling
My heart
Breaks as you take
Your long journey
(audience applauding)
- All right, we're gonna play a dark one.
This is from the new record.
It's called I'm Only Right When It's All Wrong.
- One, two
I'm only right
When it's all wrong
Up half the night
Singin' sad songs
You broke my heart
And now you're gone
Ever since that night
I'm only right
When it's all wrong
Well I used to be happy
When my mama and my daddy
And the sun shined everyday
Then I met you
And you made me so blue
I feel more like myself
On a rainy day
So let the clouds
Come rollin' in
I'll hold on tight
To what might of been
There's just no place
Where I belong
Ever since that night
I'm only right
When it's all wrong
(somber instrumental music)
(somber instrumental music)
Oh, don't miss understand me
I'm as happy as I can be
Singin' these low down blues
For you return
Then maybe I can learn
To sing a happy tune
And believe it's true
I'm only right
When it's all wrong
Up half the night
I'm singin' sad songs
You broke my heart
And now you're gone
Ever since that night
I'm only right
Turn off the light
I'm only right
I'm only right
When it's
All wrong
(somber instrumental music)
(audience applauding and cheering)
It was
A Tuesday night and summer time
When I chose to leave my home
I checked the schedule
For the train
Packed my bags, I was gone
I never thought I'd miss them
I didn't think I'd care
But I was wrong, yeah
I was wrong
I left behind an honest man
And I know I caused him pain
But that was not enough to make me
board a home bound train
The love of my family
Is the thing that brought me home
Yeah, love,
And too much time alone
I said mama
Put supper on the table
I said mama
Turn the porch light on
I'm callin' from the pay phone
At the Beaumont Rest Stop
I've been gone so long
So I'm comin' home
(upbeat instrumental music)
My dad would chop the firewood
Yeah, he'd get it cracklin' bright
And my mom and I would dance around
In the orange yellow light
Well, I've heard it said won't nothing bring you down
Like your hometown
But won't nothin' bring you up
Like gettin' down
I said mama
Put supper on the table
I said mama
Won't you turn the porch light on
I'm callin' on the pay phone
At the Beaumont Rest Stop
I've been gone so long so
I'm comin' home
(upbeat instrumental music)
(upbeat instrumental music)
Well I made it through the corn field
And I could see the porch light on
And even though I'm far away
I swear I hear his song
It's my daddy lonesome tenor
Yeah, he's a singin' loud and clear
She's home
My little girl is home
I said mama
Put supper on the table
I said mama, oh
Won't you turn the porch light on
I'm callin' from the pay phone
At the Beaumont Rest Stop
I've been gone so long
So, I'm comin' home
I've been gone so long
I'm comin' home
- Thank you so much.
Thank you to everybody at the festival.
Good night.