DIRTY BUSINESS
(JOHN DAWSON)
WELL
THE MARSHALL CAME TO TOWN
AND HIS HAT WAS PULLED WAY DOWN
HE LOOKED LIKE HE HAD BUSINESS ON HIS MIND
HE DIDNT STOP TO SAY
HE JUST RODE ALONG HIS WAY
TIL HE STOPPED IN AT THE OFFICE OF THE MINE
CHORUS:
DIRTY BUSINESS, DIRTY BUSINESS
DIRTY BUSINESS DOWN IN COAL CREEK
DIRTY BUSINESS DOWN IN COAL CREEK
THIS MORNING
WELL, I MAKE TWO BUCKS A DAY
AND THAT AINT A HEALTHY PAY
MY KIDS ARE JUST BEGINNING TO GET SICK
THERES TALK BEEN GOIN ROUND
HOW THEYRE GONNA SHUT IT DOWN
IF THE MAN DONT COME AND FIX THINGS
PRETTY QUICK
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PRETTY SOON THERE WAS A CROWD
IT WAS GETTING PRETTY LOUD
AND THE MEN ALL SAID THERED BE NO WORK TODAY
BUT THE OWNER WOULDNT BUDGE
HE JUST SAT THERE LIKE A JUDGE
AND HE WOULDNT GIVE A NICKEL MORE IN PAY
CHORUS:
DIRTY BUSINESS, DIRTY BUSINESS
DIRTY BUSINESS DOWN IN COAL CREEK
DIRTY BUSINESS DOWN IN COAL CREEK
THIS MORNING
JUST THEN THEY HEARD THE SOUND
THAT RUMBLED FROM THE GROUND
AND EVERYONE WAS RUSHING FOR THE DOOR
THE DUST CAME POURING OUT
AND IT FINALLY LEFT NO DOUBT
THAT THE MINE WAS NOT AT ISSUE ANYMORE
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Appears on New Riders of the
Purple Sage
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