They Still Go Down (1965) (Dick Weissman) Available on GP - The Early Years Box Set and Another Side Of This Life My daddy was a miner Granddaddy was too My uncle died in a rock slide Before the rescue team got through And they still go down And they still go down Into the earth And then inside all covered with dirt And they still go down Down in old wide Utah Back to Coal Creek Tennessee Many a man lyin’ dead now But you got to have those medals you see And they still go down And they still go down Into the earth And then inside all covered with dirt And they still go down Maybe they’ll find a new way to mine You won’t have to go in the ground But there’re thousands with spots on their lungs now Who still watch their lives trickle down And they still go down And they still go down Into the earth And then inside all covered with dirt And they still go down And they still go down And they still go down...