All my life i've been digging polish black coal
It wasn't much but you know i could play that role
They laid me off and so i kept my pail
And now i wade in bushes down by the rail

Raider man got no choice about it
Raider man jumpin' up there on it
Raider man gonna' take a little bit now

They hired me back and traded my pail for a stick
Now i chase the ones with a pail and a brick


Raider man got no choice about it
Raider man jumpin' up there on it
Raider man gonna' take a little bit now

Raider man got no choice about it
Raider man jumpin' up there on it
Raider man gonna' take a little bit now

I chased my cousin it wasn't no big deal
I lost my legs when i slipped beneath the coal train wheel
My cousin tries to put something in my bowl
And now i wish i never left that darkened hole

Raider man got no choice about it
Raider man jumpin' up there on it
Raider man gonna' take a little bit now