A Miner's Prayer

from Scoundrels! by Andrew Delaney

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"A Miner's Prayer"

Well we sweat and we toil
And we shoulder the burden
To the victor go the spoils
So we surely must be losin'

We work and we cling
To this life we've been given
And we hope we don't die
In this tomb that we're diggin'

We pray to the sky that we barely see
And we pray for the families we're missin'
And we pray there's a light at the end of this tunnel
We pray to you Lord, if you're listenin'

The walls started shakin'
And they fell all around us
We crawled out of the earth
Twenty men unaccounted

The coal company says
We can't dig any further
So we sealed up that hole
And we started us another

We pray to the sky that we barely see
And we pray for the families we're missin'
And we pray there's a light at the end of this tunnel
We pray to you Lord, if you're listenin'

We came far and wide
With our picks and our shovels
And we lived side by side
And looked after one another

When the union came around
Lord we had that company runnin'
But now the strike is lockin' down
And the hard times there a-comin'

So we pray to the sky that we barely see
And we pray for the families we're missin'
And we pray there's a light at the end of this tunnel
We pray to you Lord, if you're listenin'

We pray there's a light at the end of this tunnel
We pray to you Lord, if you're listenin'

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from Scoundrels!, released July 26, 2009
Andrew Delaney: Vocals, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, bass
Matt Tolentino: accordion
Robbie Hamilton: drums

Song by Andrew Delaney
Produced and mixed by Andrew Delaney
Mastered by Ryan Thomas

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Postmodern anti-folk or something.

"The Alfred Hitchcock of singer / songwriters." Rich Warren - WFMT Radio, Chicago.

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