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Dark as a Dungeon Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Come and listen, you fellows
So young and so fine
And seek not your fortune
In the dark, dreary mines
[Verse 2]
It will form as a habit
Seep in your soul
Til the blood in your veins
Runs as black as the coal
[Verse 3]
There's many a man
That I've known in my day
Who lived just to labor
His whole life away
[Verse 4]
Like a fiend with his dope
And a drunkard his wine
A man will have lust for
The lure of the mine
[Pre-Chorus]
It's dark as a dungeon
Damp as the dew
The danger is double
And the pleasures are few
Come and listen, you fellows
So young and so fine
And seek not your fortune
In the dark, dreary mines
[Verse 2]
It will form as a habit
Seep in your soul
Til the blood in your veins
Runs as black as the coal
[Verse 3]
There's many a man
That I've known in my day
Who lived just to labor
His whole life away
[Verse 4]
Like a fiend with his dope
And a drunkard his wine
A man will have lust for
The lure of the mine
[Pre-Chorus]
It's dark as a dungeon
Damp as the dew
The danger is double
And the pleasures are few
[Chorus]
Where the rain never falls
Where the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon
Way down in the mine
[Verse 6]
I hope when I'm gone
And the ages shall roll
My body will blacken
And turn into coal
[Verse 7]
Then I'll look from the door
Of my heavenly home
And I'll pity the miners
A-digging my bones
[Pre-Chorus]
It's dark as a dungeon
Damp as the dew
The danger is double
And the pleasures are few
[Chorus]
Where the rain never falls
Where the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon
Way down in the mine
Where the rain never falls
Where the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon
Way down in the mine
[Verse 6]
I hope when I'm gone
And the ages shall roll
My body will blacken
And turn into coal
[Verse 7]
Then I'll look from the door
Of my heavenly home
And I'll pity the miners
A-digging my bones
[Pre-Chorus]
It's dark as a dungeon
Damp as the dew
The danger is double
And the pleasures are few
[Chorus]
Where the rain never falls
Where the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon
Way down in the mine
Where the rain never falls
Where the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon
Way down in the mine
Where the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon
Way down in the mine
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Genius Annotation
This song is a literal warning about working in the mines. It was a common job for poor men in the southern US, and it is highly dangerous.
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- 1.9 to 5
- 6.Working Girl
- 7.Detroit City
- 9.Dark as a Dungeon
- 10.Poor Folks Town
- 11.Everyday People
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Release Date
November 17, 1980
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