Mark Heard - Why Can't We Just Say No lyrics

I am a miner, a miner, a miner I'm stabbing the veins and the lodes Tunneling deeper and deeper and deeper For half of the gold in the world Breaking the backs of the workers, the workers The flood coming under the ground How can I turn back, turn back, turn back When gravel is all I have found They say we never learn, say we never learn Why can't we just say no? I just have to learn Why can't we just say no? Why can't we just say no? I am a warrior, a warrior, a warrior A soldier of stature and worth Fighting for honour, for honour, for honour And half of the land of the earth I have the power, the power, the power To conjure the specter of dust There is no turning back, turning back, turning back Until there's a sword through my chest They say we never learn, say we never learn Why can't we just say no? I just have to learn Why can't we just say no? Why can't we just say no? Why can't we just say no? I just have to learn Why can't we just say no? Why can't we just say no? Why can't we just say no? I just have to learn Why can't we just say no? Why can't we just say no? Why can't we just say no? I just have to learn Why can't we just say no? Why can't we just say no? Why can't we just say no? I just have to learn Why can't we just say no? Why can't we just say no? Why can't we just say no?