Soul HitchHiker - Shut Out the Light (Corbin 1922)

Big line rolled through Corbin
Till the men they called the strike
Well, they shut out the light, shut out the light
And the big locomotives sat quiet
Yeah, them big locomotives sat quiet
Them big locomotives sat quiet when they called that strike
Shut out the light

Big man walked into the valley
His shoulders they blocked up the sun
Well he shut out the light, shut out the light
Said, I believe them fires need tending
Yeah, them fires need tending
I believe them fires need tending
When he broke that strike shut out the light

He had a wife and nine kids
Buried the youngest up on the hill
Mama, shut out the light, shut out the light
Well they drove him hard as any job would
Drove him hard as any job would
They drove him harder than the devil would
In hell tonight shut out the light

He broke that strike to feed his family
Fought at night to feed his rage
Till he shut out the light, shut out the light
Well he washed his body in the moonshine
Washed his body in the moonshine
Drenched his body in the moonshine
Make it feel alright shut out the light

Big man breathed that railroad yard
Thirty years of soot and steel made him hard
Till he shut out the light, shut out the light
Well the church folk called down hell fire
Yeah, they called down hell fire
Well them church folk called down hell fire
On his life shut out the light

It's a world of hurt to cast a man's soul
Forged on the devil's bench
Judge him hard and hang him slow
Till his goodness bleeds within, yeah
Shut out the light
Mama, shut out the light

Written by:
Karan Andrea

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