Kentucky Mine Lyrics - Love A Little Stronger - Diamond Rio

His eyes are greener than the meadows 

His hair is grayer than a ghost 

His lungs are blacker than the shadows 

That dance in circles down below 

You see them every Monday morning 

Electric halos light their way 

Five days of widows mourning 

But Friday rolls the stone away 

Kentucky mine, doing time 

Never see the light of day 

Kentucky mine, stand in line 

Just to dig your own grave 

From coal dust they make a living 

To coal dust they will return 

The earth is good but unforgiving 

And someone's got to keep the fire burnin' 

Daddy says, "Listen to me 

Do not follow where my footsteps lead" 

Kentucky mine, doing time 

Never see the light of day 

Kentucky mine, stand in line 

Just to dig your own grave 

And everything he said was true 

But what's a Kentucky boy like me to do? 

Kentucky mine, doing time 

Never see the light of day 

Kentucky mine, stand in line 

Just to dig your own grave