Firedamp

started in the summer of '22 never thought it would be the end of you started out just shoveling coal never thought I'd find you at the bottom of a hole it's just a little mining town nothing can happen here work long hours because the family's poor comes home dirty, tired, and ready for more looking out like a brother should sometimes looking out isn't any good but it's just a little mining town nothing can happen here kettle bottoms float overhead the southern slope fell leaving 20 dead little lights go crawling in if margins hold up, then it's not a sin it's just a little mining town nothing can happen here your bells and your falling your birds and your crawling little lights... yellow birds in orange light fell asleep on perch one summer night a brother went home with a hacking cough see you tomorrow you can sleep it off just another mining town nothing can happen here firedamp... it filled the mine the population noticed, but not in time a cutter's spark set the mix ablaze all breath was shut out by the traveling flames just another mining town just a little mining town nothing can happen nothing can happen your bells and your falling your birds and your crawling little lights little lights go crawling in...For those of you who DON'T research old miner lingo... "FIREDAMP" is an air/methane mixture, uslually 5-15 percent. Highly explosive Written April 5th, 2002 © on Apr 05 2002 05:18 AM PST   20 • 0 • 9