Last night twelve men died
Working underground
Digging coal for the company
The wheel keeps turning ‘round
Chorus:
Families waited, families grieved
Husbands and sons fell like leaves
They rest too soon in sacred ground
Bright leaves they fell without a sound
I’ll Fly Away, Amazing Grace
Hung in the chill damp air
When vain hope came crashing down
And all became despair
Chorus
Air ran out and time pushed on
Farewell notes lay in the coal
Speaking to the ones they loved
While above the church bells tolled
We’re at peace and there’s no pain
They wrote before they died
You know that I’ll be waiting for you
When you get to the other side
