Story Behind The Song

A heart-felt story song about a young man living life in a small mining town in the late 1950s and the mining accident that took him way too soon,

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Thomas goes down in the mine every day
And he hopes and prays he can keep it that way
He doesn't want to pack up all his childhood memories
No he loves this town and the way it's lasted through all the ups and downs
He's got friends and a cousin that go with him underground

[Verse 2]
He met Ellie at a dance at the miners' hall
And married her down at the Church of God
Been fixing up the old home place for some time now
He's just trying to make a better life like so many in this town
By getting up and going down underground

[Chorus]
Some dream their whole life long
Of a place where they belong
But somehow Thomas found in this little mining town
A place to live and die working underground

[Verse 3]
He's not just a miner doing his job
It's a brotherhood with a special bond
Where the roots run deep and the loyalty is hard-times strong
And yeah he knows there are safer jobs he could find in other towns
But he's proud to go where others won't underground

[Chorus]
Some dream their whole life long
Of a place where they belong
But somehow Thomas found in this little mining town
A place to live and die working underground

[Bridge]
The explosion happened early in the day
And most men fought their way out of that grave
And Thomas should have come out with the rest
But he wouldn't leave his cousin there by himself
And everyone gathered at the Church of God
'Cause there's a lot of love in a mining town
And their prayers went up but their thoughts went down
To the two young men
forever lost underground

[Chorus]
Some dream their whole life long
Of a place where they belong
But somehow Thomas found in that little mining town
A place to live and die
working underground
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