Vampire in Appalachia

Yeah he worked his whole life in the hills

Way below the roads and rivers

Where that black diamond lives

Black on black and dust on dust

It keeps fillin' up his lungs

And so the sick keep getting sicker

While the rich keep getting richer

There's a vampire in Appalachia, and we're running out of blood.

All the money leaves for Wall Street or some place across the sea

There ain't enough to pay our teachers, and the drugs keep flowing free

It's hard to find a friend or neighbor who ain't lost someone they love

And so the sick keep getting sicker

While the rich keep getting richer

There's a vampire in Appalachia, and we're running out of blood.

Ohhhs ohhhs

He used to hide out in the shadows, he used to haunt me in my dreams

Now he's standing front and center in the spotlight

For you and me and all the world to see

Yeah, the rich keep getting richer

While the sick keep getting sicker

There's a vampire in Appalachia

There's a vampire in Appalachia

There's a vampire in Appalachia and we're running

Yeah, we're running out of blood

We're running out of blood

Yeah, we're running out of blood