[Verse 1] It's a long way to Pikeville, a long way to Coe a long way down where the black seams go they'll bury me deep in the number-five clay but my heart climbed out on the first of May [Chorus] Roll on, water, don't you run so deep this old pick and shovel's more than I can keep I'm bound for the mountain where the cool springs flow and I ain't (I ain't) comin' back below [Verse 2] My daddy dug coal till his lungs went black my brother went under and he never come back the company store's got a hold on my name but I'm tearin' up the ticket and I'm leavin' this game [Chorus] Roll on, water, don't you run so deep this old pick and shovel's more than I can keep I'm bound for the mountain where the cool springs flow and I ain't (I ain't) comin' back below [Flatpick Guitar Break] [Verse 3] So make me a tombstone of number-nine coal write here lies a digger that the mine couldn't hold I'm walkin' to the daylight where the green grass grows and I AIN'T comin' back below [Final Chorus] Roll on, water, don't you run so deep this old pick and shovel's more than I can keep I'm bound for the mountain where the cool springs flow and I ain't (I ain't) comin' back below [Outro] and I ain't comin' back below
