Working Man

It's a working man l am And I've been down under ground And I swear to God if ever see the sun Oh, for any length of time I can hold it in my mind I never again will go down under ground At the age of 16 years With my father close to tears As he vowed never again to send his sons To the dark recess of the mines Where you age before your time And the coal dust lies heavy on your lungs It's a working man l am And I've been down under ground And I swear to God if I ever see the sun Oh, for any length of time I can hold it in my mind I never again will go down under ground At the age of 65 I pray to God I'm still alive And the wheels above the mines no longer whine And they finally closed the hole Where for ages we clawed for coal And never again will we go down under ground It's a working man l am And I've been down under the ground And I swear to God if I ever see the sun Oh, for any length of time I can hold it in my mind I never again will go down under ground It's a working man l am And I've been down under ground And I swear to God if I ever see the sun Oh, for any length of time I can hold it in my mind I never again will go down under ground