The Ballad Of Sam Shoal Lyrics

I work the day shift at the coal mine

I never see the sun

I never see my wife

I never see my son

I've been buried here for my whole life they'll likely leave me when I'm dead

Thought I was working for my family

But I was working toward my death

Pushing all of these buttons I can't even pick it with an axe

Cuz even the days of hard work

Are days left in the past

I work the day shift at the coal mine

I never see the sun

I never see my wife

I never see my son

They told me I'd have security

They told me to sit tight

I wanted to see the world

They said staying's what is right

Deal with all the hardship and bring food home to your wife

It's a great big world out there I know but that's someone else's life

Cuz I work the day shift at the coal mine

I never see the sun

I never see my wife

I never see my son