The Lion Cave and the Parade of Roses
The lights a shutting down for thirteen in a mountain town
Well this ain’t Virginia and it’s feeling more like Tennessee
The man in the suit he knows just what is a-going down
But he ain’t in here suffering with me
The earth is a shaking all above my head
If it wasn’t for the noise I would think I was dead
If it wasn’t for my brothers, the twelve and me
I would have lost the will to keep on breathing
And then the shaking stopped suddenly
And the silence wasn’t stirred for two hours or three
Not one of us could grasp the reality
Of being trapped in a grave just to earn some money
Well I know that my mother must be sending me an angel
I can hear him tearing down from the heavens above
Well I know that my darling must be sending me an angel
I can hear her heart overflowing with love
Well this ain’t Virginia and it’s feeling more like Tennessee
The man in the suit he knows just what is a-going down
But he ain’t in here suffering with me
The earth is a shaking all above my head
If it wasn’t for the noise I would think I was dead
If it wasn’t for my brothers, the twelve and me
I would have lost the will to keep on breathing
And then the shaking stopped suddenly
And the silence wasn’t stirred for two hours or three
Not one of us could grasp the reality
Of being trapped in a grave just to earn some money
Well I know that my mother must be sending me an angel
I can hear him tearing down from the heavens above
Well I know that my darling must be sending me an angel
I can hear her heart overflowing with love