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lyrics
My Father was a hard rock miner
Something he just could not avoid
He said, "Son, them mountains
Will take the man right out of the boy."
He used to come home late if at all
Smelling of white mule and earth
And when I grew up I followed him down
Them quartz veins
"They'll tell you the work up here is a waste of time
'Cause if it can't be grown it's got to be mined"
I moved away to work the draglines
For five fifty and a shower a week
But my Father was swallowed up by the mountains
So I came home to collect his things
I took his place on tramline one
But soon got the dusty lung
The dynamite used to shake the family pictures in my Father's room
Now mine
The boss man said, "Boy, your grief is a waste of time
' Cause if it don't grow it's got to be mined."
The year you were born the fires came
And I'd finally reached the wagon
But it was so damn dry and my feet started dragging
So I'm telling you now don't forget who you are
Let your actions speak louder than their accent
And each town of stone you go to look for me
You will see where the love went
Some will tell you that love is a waste of time
But if it can't be grown it's got to be mined
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