Miner`s Prayer Lyrics

Miner`s Prayer

(D. Yoakam)

 

 Miner's Prayer is dedicated to the memory of Luther Tibbs.

 A Kentucky coal miner for 40 years, and my Grandpa.

 

 When the whistle blows each morning

 And I walk down in that cold, dark mine

 I say a prayer to my dear Savior

 Please let me see the sunshine one more time

 

 Chorus:

 When oh when will it be over

 When will I lay these burdens down

 And when I die, dear Lord in heaven

 Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

 

 I still grieve for my poor brother

 And I still hear my dear old mother cry

 When late that night they came and told her

 He'd lost his life down in the Big Shoal Mine

 

 Chorus:

 When oh when will it be over

 When will I lay these burdens down

 And when I die, dear Lord in heaven

 Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

 

 I have no shame, I feel no sorrow

 If on this earth not much I own

 I have the love of my sweet children

 An old plow mule, a shovel and a hoe

 

 Chorus:

 When oh when will it be over

 When will I lay these burdens down

 And when I die, dear Lord in heaven

 Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

 

 Yeah, when I die, dear Lord in heaven

 Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground