All my life  Working at the factory  The pay looked mighty good to me  When my body was my own  Doctor won't look me in the eye  My youngest child asks why  I won't ever see her grown.  CHORUS:  Now I can feel the darkness  Growing wild inside me  Catching my soul by surprise  You know that you've made it  You got your home, your job, and some good times  Then they tell you it was death in disguise.  In the consultation room  They explain the x-ray slide  I stop the rising tide  Of self-pity and cold fear  Pale in the fluorescent light  I find no one left to fight  And remember all my careless years.  CHORUS  Half the town works there  So people fear the truth  There's no conclusive proof  There's any danger in those fumes  The company never saw my face  They've got another in my place  Another life to be consumed.  CHORUS