my father and me

[intro] its 5 o clock in the morning and I rising from my bed the sounds of the drills and hammering still echo in my head I grab my bait and flask of tea and head off down the lane another day on the coal face my father and me [verse 2] as we walk the lanes toward the pit the lads all gather round I hear the coughs from my fathers chest from his years spend underground and in my hand is my flask of tea its another day on the coal face my father and me [chorus] My father and me my father and me working on the coal face the darkness dimly lit my father is my everything as we head down to the pit The days are long and tiring there's a stench hangs in the air the sounds from the drill is deafening but we really dont care we dig for coal deep underground deep down under the sea another day on the coal face my father and me [verse 4] My father watches over me as I work the mighty pick I hear his cough and see the blood and darkness in his spit 25 years down underground 5 miles out to sea its another day on the coal face my father and me [chorus] My father and me my father and me working on the coal face the darkness dimly lit my father is my everything as we head down to the pit [verse 5] My father past away last night his lungs could take no more my mother sat and held his hand as he went to heavens door so now I walk the lane alone but my dad is still with me its another day on the coal face for father and me. [chorus] My father and me my father and me working on the coal face the darkness dimly lit my father is my everything as we head down to the pit [chorus] My father and me my father and me working on the coal face the darkness dimly lit my father is my everything as we head down to the pit [outro]