The Coal Comes Up

The powerful opening track from Billboard top 10 recording artist Grant Maloy Smith's album APPALACHIA: AMERICAN STORIES, "The Coal Comes Up" looks through the eyes of a retired coal miner. He's spent his life doing back-breaking work, and is now suffering from the "miner's lung." He's beat up physically, but he's proud of his life's work, raising his family, and putting three meals on the table for decades. He's an American hero.
Be sure to see the amazing video for this song, filmed in a Kentucky coal mine.