Scanning the roads yeah you're scanning the trees
But you'll never know what this land means to me
Cutting up numbers how much can you keep
I cannot leave I'm five generations deep
The hills are all burning with gold and with green
But you poison and pillage our hilltops and streams
Comin' for years been robbin' us blind
You'll never understand why we're down in the mine
Blastin' C4 for a heartless mad boss
I know the danger and I know the cost
Your money your power your law and your fines
You'll never understand why we're down in the...
Sisters and brothers with faces so mean
Nobody here shaking hands with their dreams
99 cent store it breaks and it burns
You didn't come here to listen, didn't come here to learn
Careful you'll dirty your suit and your tie
No heat and no light you'll be runnin' round blind
Shouting you're spewing your company line
But you'll never understand why we're down in the
Down in the mine
Down in the mine