Miner's Prayer

by Dwight Yoakam

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When the whist-le blows each morn-ing
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And I walk down in that cold dark mine
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I say a pray-er to my dear sav-ior
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Please let me see the sun-shine one more time
 
Chorus
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Oh when, will it be ov-er
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Oh when, will I lay these bur-dens down
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And when I die dear Lord in hea-ven
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Please take my soul from ‘neath that cold dark ground
 
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I still grieve for my poor bro-ther
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And I still hear my dear old moth-er cry
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When late that night they came and told her
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He lost is life in that Big Shoal Mine
 
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I have no shame, I feel no sor-row
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If on this earth not much I own
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I have the love of my sweet child-ren
 
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And old plow mule, a shov-el, and a hoe
 
(Chorus)
 
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And when I die dear Lord in hea-ven
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Yeah, take my soul from ‘neath that cold dark ground
 
 
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