Always said I was an honest man
from breaker boy to a miners right hand
had some dreams like any man who breathes
my light of day was the evening breeze
Daddy fled the country that he called home
raped by a queen with a government loan
found work in Pennsylvania in the anthracite fields
seems my daddy got a raw raw deal
There was a cave in heard that whistle blow
eighbors rush to tell her what she already knows
they dumped his body on the front porch steps
pinned a company note to his bloody chest
It said you ain't no miner you're just a spouse
and you've been living in a company house
you got a few days to gather your things
another family ready to move right in
Now I'm working down in number nine
there's whispering in the dark about walking the line
my baby's at home waiting up for me
this ain't where she wants me to be
Well Lord you've just got to understand
you face down the devil by being a man
a bullet in the head and there's no surprise
you plug a scoundrel right between the eyes
Maybe heaven ain't the place for me
around here hell seems like the place to be
Maybe heaven ain't the place for me
around here hell seems like the place to be