Fourteen Men

Moving around the West Virginia mines, I heard a screaming

Siren which meant only one thing: cave-in. Crushing, crumbling

Cave-in. Then panic and the terrifying rush to dig 'em out

Oh, dig ye diggers and drill ye drillers

There are fourteen men in the mine

Dig ye diggers and drill ye drillers

There are fourteen lives on the line

Fourteen men were digging deep in a West Virginia mine

Black with coal right to their soul and sweatin' for each dime

No one noticed the crumbling wall until it started to fall

So we've got to dig ye diggers and drill ye drillers

There are fourteen men in the mine

Dig ye diggers and drill ye drillers

There are fourteen lives on the line

Fourteen wives are standin' by but their hearts are down below

Tear-filled eyes and endless sighs but they just won't let go

When there's love, there's life, ask any coal miner's wife

So we've got to dig ye diggers and drill ye drillers

There are fourteen men in the mine

Dig ye diggers and drill ye drillers

There are fourteen lives on the line

Fourteen men are trapped inside and there's no time to spare

Move that dirt, move that dirt, it could be us down there

Move that dirt, save those lives and pray to God we'll find a way

So we've got to dig ye diggers and drill ye drillers

There are fourteen men in the mine

Dig ye diggers and drill ye drillers

There are fourteen lives on the line