Testo The Shaft

Can you smell that McDonell it don't smell so well Or the one in the cage tipped over and fell And if we lived to see Sunday be able to tell Of the terror below and the place we call Hell 'Cause it's a shaft that will feed us and the shaft that will kill Our brothers and fathers who die by her will The fishing is slow and there's work to be done So I'll put on my hat and I'll go underground Now I fear for my children, I fear for my wife And if I don't make it back now I've had a good life For there's a cave in behind us only one way to go Down deep in the shaft so far below 'Cause it's the shaft that will feed us and the shaft that will kill Our brothers and fathers who die by her will The fishing is slow and there's work to be done So I'll put on my hat and I'll go underground What do you say to a family of one Who don't come back up with the rest Is it better to let them just mourn by themselves Or tell 'em he was one of the best There's a flash above head, is it fire or light McDonell lies seethin' the draggers in sight And a few hours later we'll be smellin' sweet air With all of our children the stores we'll share Of the shaft that will feed us and the shaft that will kill Our brothers and fathers who die by her will The fishing is slow and there's work to be done So I'll put on my hat and I'll go underground So I put on my hat and I go underground