Canaries

I've helped 'em mine Iron, watched 'em mine coal I've seen 'em mine rock salt from an infinite hole Back underground no more will I go Till the cold hands of death come mining my soul So I'll pan for a song I one day will sing I'll follow the vein to mold you a ring I'll polish the stone for the sparkle it brings Then I'll slip it on quickly just to see if it stings You're a bird in a cage in a drift And they're blasting away at the rift All the world is a stage Fluff your feathers in rage And fly off the page Ever swift So listen up all you miners, listen up well All you men of the deep are caught under a spell Cause there's warmth and there's whisky, there's women and wine Up here where your words ride the winds through the pine You're a bird in a cage in a drift And they're blasting away at the rift All the world is a stage Fluff your feathers in rage And fly off the page Ever swift You're a bird in a cage in a drift And they're blasting away at the rift All the world is a stage Fluff your feathers in rage And fly off the page Ever swift