in the black dust towns of east tennessee all the work s about the same and you may not go to a job in the ground but you learn the miner s refrain i m down in a hole i m down in a hole down in a deep dark hole i m down in a hole i m down in a hole down in a deep dark hole when you search the rain for the silver cloud and you wait on days of gold when you pitch to the bottom and the dirt comes down you cry so cold so cold i m down in a hole i m down in a hole down in a deep dark hole i m down in a hole i m down in a hole down in a deep dark hole now there s something good in a worried song for the trouble in your soul cause a worried man who s been a long way down down in a deep dark hole i m down in a hole i m down in a hole down in a deep dark hole i m down in a hole i m down in a hole down in a deep dark hole i m down in a deep dark hole