[Verse 1]
Clock hits four
Alarm screams again
Steel‑toed boots
Drag through mud
Black dust breakfast
Black dust lungs
Reporters in town
Ask where I’m from
[Pre-Chorus]
I say “right here”
On this crooked creek
Where they swallowed the mountain
And called it a business
[Chorus]
They worked us like mules
Chained to the seam
Packed up the profit
And shipped out the dream
Sent it down under
Left a rusted rail line
Left us a letter
And a deadline
Sixty days left to go
For a lifetime on the line
[Verse 2]
Boss man set there
In a clean white shirt
draws up a letter
Like it don’t hurt
“Restructure
Closure
Thanks for your time”
Five hundred thirty
Names on the line
[Pre-Chorus]
We look at each other
Hands cracked and raw
They talk about markets
We talk about who we owe
[Chorus]
They worked us like mules
Chained to the seam
Packed up the profit
And shipped out the dream
Sent it down under
Left a rusted rail line
Left us a letter
And a deadline
Sixty days left to go
For a lifetime on the line
[Bridge]
No handshake
No eye to eye
Just a letter
They can cross out a town
With a keystroke text
But we’re more than a number
More than their gain
We’re names on a lunch pail
We’re faces in frame (yeah)
[Chorus]
You worked us like mules
Chained to the seam
Packed up the profit
And shipped out the dream
You’ll forget these hills
In your high-rise shine
But our scars spell your company
Every cut
Every spine
Sixty days left to go
Then we’re taking back our time
[Outro]
Sixty days left to go
Still we stand in this line
Hands in the dirt of home
And that dirt
Is mine
[voice]
Put another shrimp on the Barbie
Just let us work
