Black Lung

"Black Lung"
Song by Billy Corgan
Lyrics Tabs
Songwriter(s)	Billy Corgan

"Black Lung" is a Billy Corgan song that debuted on June 22, 2019. Corgan's grandfather was a bootlegger and a coal miner, and has said "Black Lung" was dedicated to him and his other ancestors who worked in the mines.

Videos

Live from Hamburg, Germany on June 22, 2019

Lyrics

NOTE: Lyrics are largely guesswork.

solider of the fortune
the bayonets arise
time we must, for your nation's bids farewell

pal, wouldn't want you
yes pal, wouldn't let you roam
home so ever green as Kentucky folds

[first chorus – skipped in some shows]
it's never more than easy
it's deeper than the grave
ditch by ditch, my shadow follows grave
black lung
black lung

divider of rehearsed stone
[?] vein
despite my spite, our family's name, disowned

gaze above before you
the satan won't let you go
home, so ever free, as his own

it's never more than easy
it's deeper than the grave
ditch by ditch, my shadow follows grave
black lung
black lung
black lung
black lung

Tour stats

• Total plays: 9 plays
• First performance: Billy Corgan 2019-06-22 at Gruenspan, Hamburg, DE
• Last performance: Billy Corgan 2022-02-07 at Madame ZuZu's, Highland Park, IL, US