It's a working man I am and I've been down underground
And I swear to God if i ever see the sun
Or for any length of time I can hold it in my mind
I never again will go down underground
At the age of 16 years with my father close to tears
As he vows never again to send his son
To the dark recess of the mine where you age before your time
And the coal dust lies heavy on your lungs
It's a working man I am and I've been down underground
And I swear to God if i ever see the sun
Or for any length of time I can hold it in my mind
I never again will go down underground
At the age of 65 I pray to God I'm still alive
And the wheels above the mines no longer wind
And they finally closed the hole where for years we clawed for coal
And never again will we go down underground
It's a working man I am and I've been down underground
And I swear to God if i ever see the sun
Or for any length of time I can hold it in my mind
I never again will go down underground
It's a working man I am and I've been down underground
And I swear to God if i ever see the sun
Or for any length of time I can hold it in my mind
I never again will go down underground.
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Lyrics submitted by Carl Cox.