IT'S A WORKING MAN, I AM
AND I'VE BEEN DOWN
UNDERGROUND
AND I SWEAR TO GOD
IF I EVER SEE THE SUN
OR FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME
I CAN HOLD IT IN MY MIND
I NEVER AGAIN WILL GO DOWN
UNDERGROUND
AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN 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, I AM
AND I'VE BEEN DOWN
UNDERGROUND
AND I SWEAR TO GOD
IF I EVER SEE THE SUN
OR FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME
I CAN HOLD IT IN MY MIND
I NEVER AGAIN WILL GO DOWN
UNDERGROUND
AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE
I PRAY TO GOD I'M STILL ALIVE
AND THE WHEELS
ABOVE THE MINES
NO LONGER WIND
AND THEY FINALLY
CLOSE THE HOLE
WHERE FOR YEARS
WE CLAWED FOR COAL
AND NEVER AGAIN WILL WE
GO DOWN UNDERGROUND
IT'S A WORKING MAN, I AM
AND I'VE BEEN DOWN
UNDERGROUND
AND I SWEAR TO GOD
IF I EVER SEE THE SUN
OR FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME
I CAN HOLD IT IN MY MIND
I... NEVER AGAIN WILL GO DOWN
UNDERGROUND
IT'S A WORKING MAN, I... AM
AND I'VE BEEN DOWN
UNDERGROUND
AND I SWEAR TO GOD
IF I EVER SEE THE SUN
OR FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME
I CAN HOLD IT IN MY MIND
I... NEVER AGAIN WILL GO DOWN
UNDERGROUND...