Correction Lyrics Three Miles Down (Remix) [Mixed] by Gil Scott-Heron

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Yeah, well, I've listened to the speeches
And it occurred to me, politicians don't understand
Thoughts of isolation, ain't no sunshine in the ground
It's just like workin' in a graveyard three miles down

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, oh
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, haha
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, haha
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, oh
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, haha
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo

Damn near a legend as old as the mines
Things that'll happen in the pits just don't change with time
Work 'til you're exhausted in too little space
A history of disastrous fears etched on your face

Somebody signs a paper, everybody thinks it's fine
But Taft and Hartley ain't done one day in the mines
Said you start to stiffen, heard a crackin' sound
Just like workin' in a graveyard three miles down

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, sing
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, sing
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, sing
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo

Here come the mine cars and it's damn near dawn
Another shift of men, some of 'em my friends, comin' on
Hard to imagine workin' in the mines
Got coal dust in your lungs, on your skin and on your mind

Yeah, well, I've listened to the speeches
And it occurred to me, politicians don't understand
Thoughts of isolation, ain't no sunshine in the ground
It's just like workin' in a graveyard three miles down

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, sing
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, sing
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, sing
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo

Yeah, well, I've listened to the speeches
And it occurred to me, politicians don't understand (Don't, don't)
Thoughts of isolation, ain't no sunshine in the ground
It's just like workin' in a graveyard three miles down

(Workin' in a graveyard three miles down)
Yeah, everybody's workin' in a graveyard three miles down
(Workin' in a graveyard three miles down)
Feel like, feel like we're workin' in a graveyard three miles down
(Workin' in a graveyard three miles down)
It feels like we're just workin' in a graveyard three miles down
(Workin' in a graveyard three miles down)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
(Workin' in a graveyard three miles down)
Yeah, everbody's workin' in a graveyard three miles down
(Workin' in a graveyard three miles down)
Feel like, feel like we're workin' in a graveyard three miles down
(Workin' in a graveyard three miles down)
It feels like we're just workin' in a graveyard three miles down
(Workin' in a graveyard three miles down)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
(Workin' in a graveyard three miles down)
Hey (I know we are not satisifed, said)
(Workin' in a graveyard three miles down)
(Workin' in a graveyard three miles down)
Yeah, everybody's workin' in a graveyard three miles down
(Workin' in a graveyard three miles down)
Feel like, feel like we're workin' in a graveyard three miles down
(Workin' in a graveyard three miles down)
It feels like we're just workin' in a graveyard three miles down
(Workin' in a graveyard three miles down)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
(Have ya cuttin' down on smoking)
Hey (Have ya cuttin' down on drinking)

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