Sunset Music: Music & Lyrics

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Take the exit off the highway
To the village down the road
Where a miner raised a family
Many years ago
And you can see the little houses
Nestled in the snow
And the place where the men worked
In the darkness
In the middle of the mountain
Digging Pennsylvania Coal

The miner’s life was humble
It was all that he could do
To keep food on the table
And keep the kids in school
He knew they’d find a better life
The more they came to know
And he promised their mother
In the moonlight
They’d never make a living
Digging Pennsylvania Coal

Where the timbers crack
Walls collapse
And the mountain always wins
And the ground shakes
In the village
When the mine is caving in
And the women take their places
At the bottom of the hill
To watch the blackened faces
Come out one by one
Knowing
Some never will

When I went to meet the family
And I was introduced
The first thing they were asking me
Was “Where’d you go to school?”
It was the old miner’s legacy
A life he’d never know
Far away from the village
In the sunshine
No, they’d never spent one minute
Digging Pennsylvania Coal

Where the timbers crack
Walls collapse
And the mountain always wins
And the ground shakes
In the village
When the mine is caving in
And the women take their places
At the bottom of the hill
To watch the blackened faces
Come out one by one
Knowing
Some never will
Digging Pennsylvania Coal
Digging Pennsylvania Coal

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