Back in the Ground

I spent my whole life closer to hell
than any man should ever be
A hundred feet down in the cold mossy ground
Too deep for even god to see

For forty long years I dug in the earth
Breathed dust till my lungs both turned black
And now that I’m near the end of my days
I know I don’t want to go back

Chorus
It took me dying to get out of that hole
Where only darkness and sorrow are found
So won't you please listen to the cry of my soul
Don't put me back there in the ground

Break

A man could go crazy way down in a hole
Working his short life away
When I finally lay down with my lungs full of coal
Just leave me in the sun where I lay

Chorus