Well, my daddy came from coal dust
And me, I'm about the same
If you've read King
Cole's ledger book
Then you've seen my family name
It used to take a camp of miners
To load that train and go
Now this far in my crew,
we do what we do
To keep your dirty lights on
Keep your dirty lights on
Keep your dirty lights on
If you got money in your pocket
And a switch on the wall
Well, keep your dirty lights
on
Well, Daddy worked in darkness
And me in broad day light
I'd blow a hole,
seem like Daddy never dreamed
Using old Bill's dynamite
As long as there's coal in
them mountain s
We're gonna burn it up to the skull
Well, we can't stop blowin'
mountaintops,
we gotta keep your dirty lights on
Yeah, keep your dirty lights on,
keep your dirty lights on
If you got money in your pocket
and a switch on the wall
Keep your dirty lights on,
yeah
Every time they have elections,
they talk about coal is clean.
Well, coal is cheap, but coal's still black
It ain't never turnin' green
So plug your electric car in
Charge it good and strong
And do your shopping online
We'll get you every time
Just to keep your dirty lights on
Keep your dirty lights on
We'll keep your dirty lights on
If you got money in your pocket
and a switch on the wall
We'll keep your dirty lights on
Keep your dirty lights on
Keep your dirty lights on
If you got money in your pocket
and a switch on the wall
We'll keep your dirty lights on,
keep them on