[INTRO INSTRUMENTAL] [AD-LIB] hmm huh oh oh whoa [VERSE] one … … … nine … … … a one nine oh nine hungry morning calls gotta work the cherry mine [VERSE] thirty … and six … mules pullin’ shifts tradin’ coal for hay wadin’ through the smokey rift [Verse] thirty … and oh days o’ devil’s greed men’s lives are bought for a bucket uh kerosene [BRIDGE] smoke and screams wives are cryin’ out the eight day men they’re a hearin’ Bundy’s shouts [CHORUS] towers of smoke from the dragon’s throat Black damp comin’ and the fires are goin’ out Black Cherry kiss ain’t never gonna miss Black Cherry kiss creepin’ through the dark abyss creepin’ through the dark abyss [INSTRUMENTAL] [VERSE] two … five … nine surly boys and men sat waitin’ for their fate another two hun ded thirty well they made it to the end [VERSE] eleven … and one reachin’ for the sun twelve brave men went on down for one more run [VERSE] six … seven savage flames a runnin’ big John ain’t stopping until the job is done [BRIDGE] smoke and screams wives are cryin’ out the eight day men they’re a hearin’ Bundy’s shouts [CHORUS] towers of smoke from the dragon’s throat Black damp comin’ and the fires are goin’ out Black Cherry kiss ain’t never gonna miss Black Cherry kiss creepin’ through the dark abyss creepin’ through the dark abyss Black Cherry Kiss [OUTRO] one last kiss
