Robert Moffatt - Coal Dust Town

Lost in a nightmare
Like so many days before
Same clothes as yesterday
Got no hope for something more

Hit the streets in a clouded haze
Gotta scratch for that next meal
Gotta feed those demons
Borrow, beg, or steal

There ain't no light to see a future
And ain't no pride left in the past
Givin' in, givin' up, sinkin' down too fast

Livin' in a coal dust town
(In a) rundown filthy shack
Livin' in a coal dust town
With a monkey on your back

Can't live on promises
Cant keep pushing back the pain
Can't find redemption
With a heart so full of shame

There ain't no light to see a future
And ain't no pride left in the past
Givin' in, givin' up, sinkin' down too fast

Livin' in a coal dust town
(In a) rundown filthy shack
Livin' in a coal dust town
With a monkey on your back

When I get lookin' back
To a world that's not so cold
The beauty lost just makes you wanna cry
Then one day you wake up
To see you'd sell your soul
For a little more... to help yourself get by

There ain't no path leads to a future
There's no pride left in the past
No hope for seeing a tomorrow
Givin' up, givin' in, sunk down way too fast...

Livin in a coal dust town
(In a) rundown filthy shack
Livin in a coal dust town
With a monkey on your back
Lyin' in a coal dust town
Fell between the cracks
Dyin' in the coal dust town
There ain't no comin' back
Face down in a coal dust town...

Written by:
Robert Moffatt

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