George Canyon - The Shaft Lyrics
Can you smell that McDonell it don't smell so wellOr the one in the cage tipped over and fellAnd if we lived to see Sunday be able to tellOf the terror below and the place we call Hell'Cause it's a shaft that will feed us and the shaft that will killOur brothers and fathers who die by her willThe fishing is slow and there's work to be doneSo I'll put on my hat and I'll go undergroundNow I fear for my children, I fear for my wifeAnd if I don't make it back now I've had a good lifeFor there's a cave in behind us only one way to goDown deep in the shaft so far below'Cause it's the shaft that will feed us and the shaft that will killOur brothers and fathers who die by her willThe fishing is slow and there's work to be doneSo I'll put on my hat and I'll go undergroundWhat do you say to a family of oneWho don't come back up with the restIs it better to let them just mourn by themselvesOr tell 'em he was one of the bestThere's a flash above head, is it fire or lightMcDonell lies seethin' the draggers in sightAnd a few hours later we'll be smellin' sweet airWith all of our children the stores we'll shareOf the shaft that will feed us and the shaft that will killOur brothers and fathers who die by her willThe fishing is slow and there's work to be doneSo I'll put on my hat and I'll go undergroundSo I put on my hat and I go underground
