Black Flowers

I live beside

this dark coal mine

the whistle blows

everyday on time

when the rain pours down

and the wind blows hard

black flowers

grow in my yard

When I lost my man

down that old coal shaft

I swear I heard

the devil laugh

and the angels left

and they took my heart

now black flowers

grow in my yard

and the undertaker

is a busy man

he's got a clean blue shirt

he's got soft pink hands

got a paved driveway

and a brand new car

black flowers

grow in my yard

When the baby cries

I sing hush little one

but I swear that I'm

gonna come undone

'cause when the rain

pours down

and the wind

blows hard

black flowers grow in my yard

black flowers grow in my yard

black flowers grow in my yard