Nothing they could do but sit down there with the black coal all arou

nd them, and the water rose so quick and cold, an unlikely place to dr

own.



Nine in the mine, trapped down below- down, down, down in the ground

and this'll be the day I didn't kiss my wife goodbye, take care of my

family I'm buried alive



They held their heads up high as they struggled hard to breath

and asked the Lord to open his arms for the nine souls he'd receive



Nine in the mine...



They latched themselves together so in death they might be found

and prayed there for miracle some 24 stories down.



Nine in the mine...