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She was always a very pretty lady |
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He had always caught her eye |
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They were married in a mining valley |
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And swore they'd be together until the day that they died |
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Twenty years later with the coal all gone |
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And golden lamp in his hand |
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He stands at the bar with a pint in his hand and his friends |
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They all agree together that they don't understand |
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Meanwhile little David takes his books off to school |
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And learns of times gone past |
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And when it comes to questions he puts up his hand |
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There's something that he just wants to ask |
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Please sir can you give me and answer |
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Please sir you know it doesn't seem fair |
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Last night as I walked through the door |
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I thought I saw my father crying sat in his chair |
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She stood there with her arms around him and she said |
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She promised him a better day |
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But after twenty years of working underground |
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It's not just your job that they take away |
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Sometimes he'd walk to the edge of his world |
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And stare at the valley below |
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He thought about leaving maybe running away |
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But knew there was nowhere to go |
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Please sir can you give me and answer |
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Please sir you know I just can't see |
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Please sir when you make these decisions |
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Do you have a vision of what happens to me |
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Life goes on in a mining valley |
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But the young men leave for a better wage |
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And every day he coughs and he splutters |
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He knows love is the reason he stays |
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He knows love is the reason he stays |
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Meanwhile little David takes his books off to school |
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And learns of the times gone past |
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And when it comes to questions he puts up his and |
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There's something that he just wants to ask |
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Please sir can you give me and answer |
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Please sir you know it doesn't seem fair |
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Last night as I walked through the door |
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I thought I saw my father crying sat in his chair |