Call the Captain

Call up the captain tell 'em I ain't comin' in

He can dig his own coal something else is happenin'

This living that I'm making is doin' us in

It's broken the lives of too many good men

Been hauling coal since I was big enough to fight

Some thirty odd shifts without a glimpse of daylight

The corporation likes to say that everything's alright

Dig your self a hole, get outta' sight

There's a dark cloud above me that's blocking out the sun

Burn another hundred coal listen to the engines run

One half is starving while the others having fun

So call the captain, call the captain, call the captain, call the captain

Melinda close the door

I ain't going down to the mines today

I want clear blue skies and a whole lot more

I ain't going down to the mines

There's a hole in this bucket I've been carrying around

I fill it up to the top and watch it spill on the ground

I go down to the mines and when I come back up

I got nothin' to show but the sweat on my brow

These hills are my own flesh and bones

There all that I love and there all that I've known

Please don't ask me to destroy my home

I'm not gonna choose between my heart and soul, so

Call up the Captain tell him I ain't coming in

He can dig his own coal something else is happening

This living that I'm making is doin' us in

So call the captain, call the captain, call the captain

Melinda close the door

I ain't going down to the mines today

I want clear blue skies and a whole lot more

I ain't going down to the mines

Hear the whistle blow this mornin'

Hear the whistle blow today

Hear the whistle blow this mornin'

Melinda close the door

I ain't going down to the mines today

I want clear blue skies and a whole lot more

I ain't going down to the mines

I ain't going down to the mines

I ain't going down to the mines