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Pay Day at Coal Creek
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One of the many songs about losing your job, and having to look for work.
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"If the great Phil Ochs were to rise from the dead today, he would probably be hailed as the new David Rovics." Andy Kershaw, BBC
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #189
Peak in subgenre #23
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Sung by David Rovics
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Written by Anonymous
Uploaded
June 14, 2005
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MP3 7.0 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
One of the many songs about losing your job, and having to look for work. Of course, in the era of "downsizing," this song is as relevant as ever. And though the jobs and places differ, the reasons continue to be the same; cheaper labor someplace else, automation, union organizing, etc.
Lyrics
(by Author Unknown) Pay day, oh pay day, pay day Pay day at coal creek tomorrow Pay day at coal creek tomorrow Pay day, oh pay day, pay day Pay day at coal creek don't come no more Pay day don't come no more Bye bye, oh bye bye, bye bye Bye bye, my woman I'm gone Bye bye, my woman I'm gone You'll miss me, you'll miss me, you'll miss me You'll miss me when I'm gone You'll miss me when I'm gone He's a rider, oh he's a rider, he's a rider He's a rider, gonna leave that rail sometime He's a rider, gonna leave that rail sometime
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