Andy Poole - Worked Out lyrics

Come on lads, walk beside me One more time into the darkness Further than we've ever been before Come on lads, walk in line We work the coalface Work the longwall Following on from our fathers and brothers Into the depths of the lower measures Light from a distant sun Plays across the shore Oceans rise and fall Wild untamed and unknown places Were nothing to us, fell before us We shaped the land We changed the skyline We had our day Our day is over Following on from our fathers and brothers Out of the depths of the lower measures Light from a distant sun Plays across the shore Oceans rise and fall We're working men, we follow the seam Under the hills to the end of the lode We're working men, we follow the seam Under the fields to the end of the lode It's the end of the road So come on lads, walk beside me One last time into the darkness Out across the open skyline Shafts are capped and wheels stop turning Following on from our fathers and brothers Out of the depths of the lower measures Light from a distant sun Plays across the shore Oceans rise and fall We're working men...