Letras
For the last ten years I've worked the mines
Been counting the hours of the day
'Til I could wash off the dust from my bones
And spend what's left of my pay
And do I wish I was back in the company store
With a local girl under my arms
For a pint and a kiss and a fiddler's reel
Would keep me safe and warm
Fire in the hole and run for your life
A long blue veil of coal
It's out of the dark and into the light
It's a dollar a day to sell your soul
And live through the fire in the hole
Well I'm fumbling now for words to say
What's caught behind my tongue
'Cause I'm shaking now about all those things
I knew when I was young
Just dreaming tonight that I'm wide awake
A thousand feet under the ground
We're a thousand souls under all that weight
Of heaven just pressing us down
Fire in the hole and run for your life
A long blue veil of coal
It's out of the dark and into the light
It's a dollar a day to sell your soul
And live through the fire in the hole
Now a nation will rise from the work we do
Making millionaires night and day
So sign us up with the union
And get us the rest of our pay
Well we'll strike every day if it comes to that
I've clocked every night for a year and a half
We'll meet them at the gates with some bullets and some lates
And a few men won't come back
Fire in the hole and run for your life
A long blue veil of coal
It's out of the dark and into the light
It's a dollar a day to sell your soul
Fire in the hole and run for your life
A long blue veil of coal
It's out of the dark and into the light
It's a dollar a day to sell your soul
And live through the fire in the hole