Lyrics

We build our towers, build them up so high
We build our towers to punch straight through the sky
We climb our towers just to look around
But we still put miners in the ground, down down
We still put miners in the ground

Montcoal West Virginial, twenty nine dead
Upper big branch is all caved in
Story in the newspaper said
It's no wonder it's happened again
Massey broke the law, time after time
Still we let them put men in the mine
Slap their wrist, slap them with a fine
Still we let them put men in the mine

We turn on our lights, turn them up so bright
Turn on our lights, to burn straight through the night
Turn on our light, just to look around
We still put miners in the ground, down down
We still put miners in the ground

Mr. Blankenship says, that's the way it goes
Mr. Blankenship says what everybody knows
It's coal that pays the bills, it's us that pays for coal
Mr. Blankenships got the big bank roll
Regulators told them time after time
Your mines aren't safe and someone's going to die
The regulators wouldn't shut the mines down
We still let Massey put men in the ground


We build our towers, build them up so high
We buid our towers to punch straight through the sky
We climb our towers just to look around
But we still put miners in the ground, down down
We still put miners in the ground