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LyricsUNDERGROUNDCopyright 2007 Russ Case & Lynn Case email:russ@showcasesongs.com THOMAS GOES DOWN IN THE MINE EVERYDAY 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 HE MET ALLIE AT A DANCE AT THE MINER'S HALL AND MARRIED HER DOWN AT THE CHURCH OF GOD BEEN FIXIN' UP THE OLD HOME PLACE FOR SOME TIME NOW HE'S JUST TRYIN' TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE LIKE SO MANY IN THIS TOWN BY GETTING UP AND GOING DOWN UNDERGROUND 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 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 REPEAT CHORUS 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 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 OH ? |
| Lyric Credits: Lynn Case / Russ Case |
| Music Credits: Lynn Case / Russ Case |
| Producer Credits: Gary Carter, GCMusic Studio Nashville TN |
| Performance Credits: Shelly Rann |
| Song Length: 3:57 |
| Primary Genre: Country-Contemporary |
| Secondary Genre: Country-General |
| Tempo / Feel: Medium (111 - 130) |
| Lead Vocal: Female Vocal |
| Subject Matter 1: Miner |
| Subject Matter 2: Dreams |