Durban Deep

I won't see you 'til Christmas

I breathe coal dust, I get blisters

But the foreman, he don't worry

He said, "Work boy, there's no hurry"

Don't that big red sun

Look a lot like fire?

When you come out of the ground

After forty-eight hours

Going down, down, down, down, down

Going down in Durban deep

Going down, down, down, down, down

There's no mercy in my sleep

I just hear the drill and the hammer

I feel the killin' heat

Going two miles down to the heart

Of Durban deep

I was born on Amen corner

I pound rock face, I get lonely

But my family, they go hungry

Still the boss, man, he call us lazy

Don't the old blue heaven

Look a lot like your eyes

When you're blinded by the brightness

Of the Transvaal sky?

Going down, down, down, down, down

Going down in Durban deep

Going down, down, down, down, down

There's no mercy in my sleep

I just hear the drill and the hammer

I feel the killin' heat

Going two miles down to the heart

Of Durban deep

Going down, down, down, down, down

Going down in Durban deep

Going down, down, down, down, down

There's no mercy in my sleep

I just hear the drill and the hammer

I feel the killin' heat

Going two miles down to the heart

Of Durban deep

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