We Work The Black Seam

[Verse 1] This place has changed for good Your economic theory said it would It's hard for us to understand We can't give up our jobs the way we should [Verse 2] Our blood has stained the coal We tunneled deep inside the nation's soul We matter more than pounds and pence Your economic theory makes no sense [Chorus] One day in a nuclear age They may understand our rage They build machines that they can't control And bury the waste in a great big hole Power was to become cheap and clean Grimy faces were never seen But deadly for twelve thousand years is carbon fourteen We work the black seam together [2x] [Verse 3] The seam lies underground Three million years of pressure packed it down We walk through ancient forest lands And light a thousand cities with our hands [Verse 4] Your dark satanic mills Have made redundant all our mining skills You can't exchange a six inch band For all the poisoned streams in Cumberland [Chorus] [???] Our conscious lives run deep You cling onto your mountain while we sleep This way of life is part of me The is no price so only let me be [Verse 5] And should the children weep The turning world will sing their souls to sleep When you have sunk without a trace The universe will suck me into place [Chorus]