Nine Pound Hammer - John Prine

This nine pound hammer

Is a little too heavy

Buddy for my size

Buddy for my size

So I’m going on the mountain

Just to see my baby

And I ain’t coming back

No I ain’t coming back

Roll on buddy

Don’t you roll so slow

Well, tell me how can I roll

When the wheels won’t go

Roll on buddy

Pull you load of coal

Tell me how can I pull

When the wheels won’t roll

It’s a long way to Harlan

It’s a long way to Hazard

Just to get a little brew

Just to get a little brew

And when I’m long gone

You can make my tombstone

Out of number nine coal

Out of number nine coal