COAL BLACK FACES Clean and bright they make their way And hurry below to earn their pay And surface at the end of day Those men with the coal black faces Chorus: Coal black faces The lips are red White eyes glaring from their heads A-going home to hard-earned* beds Those men with the coal black faces Old tin bath before the fire Rest and warmth is their desire To wash away the earth's black mire Those men with the coal black faces ?Chorus Dust below and dust outside But the dust they breathe the body hides In and out at the flowing tide Go the men with the coal black faces Chorus ?Chorus Light and warmth our comfort be In the air the birds fly free Go down below and you will see Those men with the coal black faces ?Chorus A-going home to hard-earned* beds Those men with the coal black faces * possible hardened it's not quite clear enough to decide Source: Gary and Vera Aspey, album, The Blackbird
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