Gillian Welch - Miner's Refrain lyrics

In the black dust towns of east Tennessee

All the work's about the same

And you may not go to the job in the ground

But you learn the miner's refrain.

I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole

Down in a deep, dark hole

I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole

Down in a deep, dark hole.

When you search the rain for the silver cloud

And you wait on days of gold

When you pitch to the bottom and the dirt comes down

You cry so cold, so cold.

I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole

Down in a deep dark hole

I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole

Down in a deep dark hole.

Now there's something good in a worried song

For the trouble in your soul

'Cause a worried man who's been a long way down

Down in a deep dark hole.

I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole

Down in a deep dark hole

I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole

Down in a deep dark hole.

I'm down in a deep dark hole...