Mining For Gold Lyrics by Cowboy Junkies
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We are miners, hard rock miners
To the shaft house we must go
Pour your bottles on our shoulders
We are marching to the slow

On the line boys, on the line boys
Drill your holes and stand in line
'til the shift boss comes to tell you
You must drill her out on top

Can't you feel the rock dust in your lungs?
It'll cut down a miner when he is still young
Two years and the silicosis takes hold
And I feel like I'm dying from mining for gold

Yes, I feel like I'm dying from mining for gold
We are miners, hard rock miners   To the shaft house we must go   Pour your bottles on our shoulders   We are marching to the slow      On the line boys, on the line boys   Drill your holes and stand in line   'til the shift boss comes to tell you   You must drill her out on top      Can't you feel the rock dust in your lungs?   It'll cut down a miner when he is still young   Two years and the silicosis takes hold   And I feel like I'm dying from mining for gold      Yes, I feel like I'm dying from mining for gold