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