They Still Go Down

My daddy was a miner

Grandaddy was too

My uncle died in a rock slide

Before the rescue team got through


And they still go down

And they still go down into the earth

And then inside all covered with dirt

And they still go down


Down in old white/wide? Utah

Back to cold creek Tennessee

Many a man lyin' dead now

But we got to have those medals, y'see


And they still go down

And they still go down into the earth

And then inside all covered with dirt

And they still go down


Maybe they'll find a new way to mine

You won't have to go in the ground

But there's thousands with spots on their lungs now

Who still watch they're lives trickle down


And they still go down

And they still go down into the earth

And then inside all covered with dirt

And they still go down


And they still go down [repeat to fade]