Mining for Gold / Chemical Workers Song | The Longest Johns

World tour on sale now!!! Whilst we were at the coal mine, we were let outside to film a little something near the rest of their equipment! Hope you enjoy this little medley of songs… Mining for Gold written by James Gordon Chemical Workers Song written by Ron Angel Filmed at Hopewell Colliery in the Forest of Dean. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Longest Johns Lyrics: We are miners, hard rock miners To the shaft-house we must go Oil bottles on our shoulders We are marching to the slough On the line, boys, on the line, boys Drill your holes and stand in line ’til the shift-boss comes and tells you You must drill her out on top {Chorus 1} Can you feel the rock dust in your lungs it’ll cut down a miner when he is still young Two years and the silicosis takes hold and I feel like I’m dying from mining for gold Yes, I feel like I’m dying for mining for gold A process man am I and I’m telling you no lie. I work and breathe among the fumes that trail across the sky There’s thunder all around me and a poison in the air There’s a lousy smell that smacks of hell, and dust all in me hair {Chorus 2} And it’s go, boys go They’ll time your every breath And every day you’re in this place You’re two days nearer death But you go I’ve worked among the spinners and breathed in the oily smoke I’ve shoveled up the gypsum and it nigh-on makes you choke I’ve stood knee deep in cyanide, been sick with a caustic burn Been working rough and seen enough to make your stomach turn {Chorus 2} There’s overtime and bonus opportunities galore The young lads like their money, and they all come back for more But soon you’re knocking on, and you look older than you should For every bob made on this job you pay with flesh and blood {Chorus 2 2x}