| Way back when copper was king
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| Fortunes grew on the blood of my kin
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| Digging deep and sacrificed
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| They all paid a terrible price
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| In black holes they slaved away
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| Wearing crowns of candle and clay
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| Suffering fire, and flood and pain
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| All for the sake of another’s man gain
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| Living, and dying, barely surviving
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| Down in the ground in the poisoned air
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| Down where the mineral lords didn’t care
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| Down in the dark where they lost their soul
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| Down, down, down in the hole
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| Women and children barrowing ore
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| Slaving up on the dressing floor
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| Carrying the weight of a full grown man
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| All to fill that Captain’s plan
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| In the mines they sweated and bled
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| Barely earned their daily bread
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| Dying young they had no life
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| All they knew was hunger and strife
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| Living, and dying, barely surviving
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| Mines are closed, but you may see
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| They’ve still left their legacy
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| Hidden in the bracken round
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| Shafts await to take you down
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| Down in the ground in the poisoned air
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| Down where nobody knows you’re there
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| Down in the dark where you’ll lose your soul
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| Down, down, down in the hole
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| Down in the hole
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| Way on down
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| Down in the hole
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| Down in the hole |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Down in the Hole , by - Shakin' Stevens. Song from the album Fire in the Blood: The Definitive Collection, in the genre Иностранный рок