Dolly Parton — Dark as a Dungeon

[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 [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