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I remember the ways in the bygone days
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When we were in our prime
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When us and John L give the old man hell
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Down in the Blue Diamond Mine
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Well, the whistle blowed as the rooster crow
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Two hours before daylight
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When a man done his best and he's earned his good rest
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Paid seventeen dollars a night
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In the mines in the mines
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In the Blue Diamond Mines
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I worked my life away
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In the mines in the mines
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In the Blue Diamond Mines
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Oh, fall on your knees and pray
INTERLUDE: G F G C G
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You old black gold, you've taken my lung
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And your dust has darkened my home
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And now that we're old, you're turning your back
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Where else can an old miner go
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Well, it's Algoma Block and it's Big Leather Woods
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And now its Blue Diamond too
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Well, the pits are all closed, better get another job
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What else can an old miner do?
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In the mines in the mines
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In the Blue Diamond Mines
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I worked my life away
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In the mines in the mines
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In the Blue Diamond Mines
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Oh, fall on your knees and pray
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John L had a dream, but it's broken it seems
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Mining has had it's day
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But they're stripping off my mountain top
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And they pay me eight dollars a day
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You might get a little poke of welfare meal
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A little poke of welfare flour
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But I tell you right now, you won't qualify
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'Til you work for a quarter an hour
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In the mines in the mines
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In the Blue Diamond Mines
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I worked my life away
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In the mines in the mines
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In the Blue Diamond Mines
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Oh, fall on your knees and pray
OUTRO: G F G C G