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Coal Tattoo / Tchavolo Swing

from The Recession Special EP by The Recession Special

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lyrics

Traveling down this old coal town road
Listen to my rubber tires whine
Well, it’s goodbye to buckeye and white sycamore
I’m leaving you behind
I’ve been a coal miner most of my days
Laying down track in a hole
Got a back like an iron wood, bent like a knife
With blood veins as blue as the coal
With blood veins as blue as the coal

Somebody said, “that’s a strange tattoo”
“You have on the side of your head.”
I said, “that’s just the blueprint left by the coal”
A little more and I’d be dead
O, but I love the rumble and I love the dark
I love the cool and the shade
So it’s on down the old road looking for a job
This traveling nook in my head
This traveling nook in my head

Well, I fought for my union, I stood in the line
I fought against The Company
I stood with the UMWA
Now who’s gonna’ stand by me?
Because I got no house, I got no job
All I got’s this worried soul
And a blue tattoo on the side of my face
Left by the No. 9 Coal
Left by the No. 9 Coal

Someday when I’m dead and gone
To heaven, the land of my dreams
I won’t have to worry about losing my job
Bad times or big machines
I won’t have to pay all my money away
On union dues and hospital plans
I’ll just dig out the coal where the blue heavens roll
And sing with the angel band
And sing with the angel band
And sing with the angel band

credits

from The Recession Special EP, released July 23, 2022
Dusty The Kid: Vox, Guitars, Banjo, Mandolin
“Bucky-Eyed” Geoffrey Taylor: Vox, Fiddle
Stovepipe Rides Again: Bass
Thrift Storrs Bishop: Percussion

Recorded at Soundcolor Studios in Livingston, Montana. Fall 2021.

Mixed & Engineered by Quint Bishop
Mastered by Dan Emery at Black Matter Mastering
Produced by The Recession Special

Guest Vocal on “A Kiss is the Key” by Stephanie Burda
Additional Vocals by Ethan Leuzinger & Andrew Reichert

Music & Lyrics to “A Garland for May Day” & “Nicholas the Sculptor” by Dusty The Kid

Music & Lyrics to “Mabry Mill”, “Crying Knot”, & “The Bucky Eyed Stomp” by Geoffrey Taylor

Lyrics to “A Kiss is the Key” by Dusty The Kid
Music by Dusty The Kid & Finn Carroll

“Coal Tattoo” by Billy Edd Wheeler
“Tchavolo Swing” by Dorado Schmitt

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The Recession Special Missoula, montana

The Recession Special are a band of buskers, carnival barkers, and workhouse escapees with a unique blend of old tyme music, folk punk, and swing. The band seeks to bring the spirit of resistance and resilience back to folk music, and to remind listeners that no matter how hard times get, there's always a place for dancing in the revolution. ... more

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