My daddy was a miner Granddaddy 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 wide Utah Back to Coal Creek, Tennessee Many a man lyin’ dead now But you got to have those medals, you 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’re thousands with spots on their lungs now Who still watch their 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