Lyric & Midi information ***************************************************** Song Title * 3578SO Coalminer Performed By * The Flying Emus Composer(s) * Publisher * . Unauthorised copying is illegal Programmer * � 1996 Steven Owen (Distributed Under License) *******************************************
WE MOVED OUT WEST FOR A SIX MONTH STAY OUR SOLE INTEREST WAS THAT TAKE HOME PAY I FIGURED WE COULD HACK IT FOR A HALF YEAR OR SO WE HAD SOME DREAMS BUT WE NEEDED SOME DOUGH
SO I WENT DOWN BELOW, YEH I WORKED IN THE MINE THIRTY FIVE GRAND A YEAR WELL I'M DOING FI NE BUT THAT SIX MONTHS IT'S MORE LIKE SIX YEARS STILL GOT SOME DREAMS BUT WE GOT US SOME FEARS
* CHORUS:
I COULD SEE MYSELFTHE LORD OF THE LAND, BROWN AS THE BERRIES THAT I GREW BY MY HAND BUT I'M STILL WITH THE COMPANY, IN A COMPANY TOWN I'VE GOT AN UNDERGROUND COALMINERS TAN
WE HAD A SCHEME FOR GROWING TROPICAL TREES MACADAMIAS, MANGOES AND CHINESE GOOSEBERRIES WE WANTED SO BAD TO BUY US SOME LAND A PLACE OF OUR OWN, YEH WE HAD SOME PLANS
CHERENT HIGH WAGES AND NOWHERE TO GO WELL IT SEEMED THE WAY TO SAVE A WHOLE PILE OF DOUGH SIX MONTHS WENT BY AND WE THOUGHT WE'D STAY ON WHILE THE MONEY WAS GOOD AND THE BABY CAME ALONG
* REPEAT CHORUS:
WELL, THE MONEY IS GOOD, BUT IT SEEMS TO GET AWAY WE'VE SETTLED IN HERE AND IT'S REALLY OKAY I SOMETIMES PRETEND THAT WE'RE GONNA FIND GOLD WE'VE GOT SOME DREAMS GETTING HARDER TO HOLD