Boss man

Boss man, boss man, what do you say? I gotta get you alone in the mine some day.
Boss man, boss man, turn it around, if you don't look away how can I sit down?
Look at this load upon my back, gotta get this wheel back on the track.
I can't hold on but I can't let go and I can't say yes, I can't say no.
Holes in my pockets and holes in my shoes, If you're ready for me I'm ready for you.
The company plan takes all my pay, got a child in July and another last May.

Boss man, boss man, what do you say? I gotta get you alone in the mine some day.
Push your face down in the coal cause you got no heart, you got no soul.
Country life's the life for me, in ten more years I'll a pensioner be.
The younger lad knows when the girls are out but you might say he's a rural sprout.

Boss man, boss man, what do you say? I gotta get you alone in the mine some day.
Boss man, boss man, clear the track, you're gonna tear the skin right off-a my back.
Boss man, boss man, what do ya say, if you can't lend a hand then get outta my way.
It'll be murder in the first degree if you ever lay your hands on me.
Boss man, boss man, pay my rent, a dollar I've earned is a dollar I've spent.
The company plan takes all my check for breaking my back and risking my neck.
Boss man, boss man, what do you say? I gotta get you alone in the mine some day.
I can't hold on but I can't let go and I can't say yes I can't say no.