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Craig Allen

from South Side Days by Jim Ballard

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Craig Allen

Twenty years i been diggin diggin in this earth
til i’ve finally come to wonder wonder what its worth after all this time i ain’t got nothin left you see
my family’s gettin deeper in and close to poverty
my throat is full of soot and my eyes are full of dust
i swear by god instead of dreams come true its gettin worse and i guess i’m tied to diggin
diggin in this earth
These Pennsylvania mountains they’ve always been my home this is all the world i’ve seen and all i’ve ever known why i never left i can’t begin to ever know
but i know that i’ll still be here when it comes a winter snow i’ve no place to go and brother even if i did
i can’t pull up my stakes and still expect to feed my kids and i guess i’m tied to diggin
diggin in this earth
Man comes from the union and he says we’ll have to wait
its another year he says til we negotiate
but the timbers have gone rotten and they threaten to come down the air is bad above us and i know that someone’s bound
to lose his way if we don’t get some lights in here tonight
god help the children of these mines they don’t know how to fight it and i guess i’m tied to diggin
diggin in this earth
Organizers they come in from cities all around
from Bethlehem from Harrisburg from Allentown
but four hundred dollar suits can never understand
the eyes of hungry children or these weary working hands
or the woman who lies lonely waitin for her workin man who goes down inside the earth to bring the life out of the land and i guess i’m tied to diggin
diggin in this earth
i’m so tired of diggin
diggin
in
this
earth

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from South Side Days, released September 1, 1976

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Jim Ballard Akron, Ohio

Jim Ballard
A native of NE Ohio, Jim Ballard has been, for many years a part of the recording/performing community. After touring and performing all over the country with artists from 10,000 Maniacs to Gordon Lightfoot,The Mekons to Pete Seeger, he moved into his studio, Skylyne. There, he has recorded and worked with artists from Michael Stanley to Don Dixon and Alex Bevan. ... more

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