Song Description
Inspired by the 1950s and 60s, this track juxtaposes a slightly up tempo traditional country instrumentals with lyrics about longing and worrying, as a wife wonders whether her coal miner husband will every return.
| Song Length |
2:40 |
Genre |
Country - Traditional, Country - Americana |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving, Amiable |
Subject |
Lost Love, Heartbreak |
| Similar Artists |
Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1950 - 1959 |
| |
Lyrics
Tears On the Track
Each morning I go walking by the river
Along these tracks that took my love away
They say a miner's life is never easy
But a miner's wife dies a little every day
He said to keep the fires burning
They need a man like me
Soon I'll be returning
And our love will ever be
But my heart will weep and worry
Is he ever coming back?
Coal on the fire
Tears on the track
A curse for all the men who forged this steel
And one for all the men who felled the trees
And the ones who drove in all the spikes that hold these rails together
For this cold track took my blessed love from me
He said to keep the fires burning
They need a man like me
Soon I'll be returning
And our love will ever be
But my heart will weep and worry
Is he ever coming back?
Coal on the fire
Tears on the track
My aching heart will weep and worry
Is he ever coming back?
Coal on the fire
Tears on the track
Coal on the fire
Tears on the track