Real Gold
© John Westwood Oct 2005 Music Kip Marchetti
(V1)
When we were young it seemed natural
ma washed our clothes every day
Almost everything was painted by the dust
that come from the mine when it blew our way
(V2)
Not too many lived passed fifty
Worn and bent torn and frayed
from solid toil and working underground
Double shifts was the company way
(chorus)
but there’s real gold in that black rain
hearts of solid gold that will re main
In my memory A sweet refrain
theres Real gold in that Black rain
(v3)
I had seven brothers and Five little sisters
We had no schoolin didn't know we missed it
mom taught us how to read and write a little
Dad's favourite gal was the one in the middle
(V4)
Often lamed and uncompensated
for digging up what God created
DAD worked everyday for the family
but gave his back for the company
(CHORUS)
but there’s real gold in that black rain
hearts of solid gold that will remain
In my memory, a sweet refrain
Theres Real gold in that Black rain
(bridge)
Underneath the coal black dust
that covered every thing
was rust that ate a way
at what a man could be
(CHORUS)
but there’s real gold in that black rain
hearts of solid gold that will re main
In my memory a sweet refrain
theres Real gold in that Black rain
(V5)
Now Im sixty got no sisters
coal dust killed them one by one
Got one brother he was lucky
(he )Went to the city and He lives there still
(V6)
Now Im living Where my folks did
shotgun shack on an old dirt road
I’m getting better all the time
but take the cough with me wherever I go
(CHORUS)
Hey! there’s real gold in that black rain
hearts of solid gold that will re main
In my memory a sweet refrain
theres Real gold in that Black rain