Blood On The Mountain
from Catching Bees With Honey by Angie Haze
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I wrote this song after meeting the film director of the documentary, "Blood On The Mountain". After hearing her story, I was deeply moved and wrote this song. I found out after the production of this piece that my great grandfather had worked in the coal mines in West Virginia after migrating from Italy. I'm positive I was channeling him during the recording process of this one.
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There is blood on the mountain
And it flows deep within the coal miners’ bones
No, it aint pretty, Oh no
See that red on the stones you throw
Can you hear the mountain top screaming from the ghosts below
He told the poor man that he’d put a dollar
In the pants that he made him…
He made him full of holes
But he never mentioned the weight of that dollar
Would cost his children a future and a mountain’s home
There is blood on the mountain
And it flows deep within the coal miners’ bones
No, it aint pretty, Oh no
See that red on the stones you throw
Can you hear the mountain top screaming from the ghosts below
Oh the boy he took it, he took that dollar
On the side of the small hill he made full of holes
He began to feel it, the weight of that dollar
And the coal dust chains squeezing tightly round all he knows
Well the mines they keep on killing
While Donny’s tucked away
And the poor man can’t escape it
What was once dust on his shoes
Is now blood stained
There is blood on the mountain
And it flows deep within the coal miners’ bones
No, it aint pretty, Oh no
See that red on the stones you throw
Can you hear the mountain top screaming from the poor mans’ soul
And it flows deep within the coal miners’ bones
No, it aint pretty, Oh no
See that red on the stones you throw
Can you hear the mountain top screaming from the ghosts below
He told the poor man that he’d put a dollar
In the pants that he made him…
He made him full of holes
But he never mentioned the weight of that dollar
Would cost his children a future and a mountain’s home
There is blood on the mountain
And it flows deep within the coal miners’ bones
No, it aint pretty, Oh no
See that red on the stones you throw
Can you hear the mountain top screaming from the ghosts below
Oh the boy he took it, he took that dollar
On the side of the small hill he made full of holes
He began to feel it, the weight of that dollar
And the coal dust chains squeezing tightly round all he knows
Well the mines they keep on killing
While Donny’s tucked away
And the poor man can’t escape it
What was once dust on his shoes
Is now blood stained
There is blood on the mountain
And it flows deep within the coal miners’ bones
No, it aint pretty, Oh no
See that red on the stones you throw
Can you hear the mountain top screaming from the poor mans’ soul
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from Catching Bees With Honey,
released August 18, 2017
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Angie Haze Akron, Ohio
“A compelling, raw, and theatrical performance with a sound so addicting, you just can't get enough”
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