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Paradise By the Paulding Light

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lyrics

We're all iron miners, wearing earth on our flesh
Our work is our life and our life is our debt
And when we're put to rest on our backs
We'll haunt the mines like the Paulding Light haunts the tracks

It's a myth that floats among the hills
You can see it if you stay perfectly still
If it's a question of faith we'll be here all night
If it's a question of science you'll never be right

If it's a question of science you can speculate
On the gasses on the masses that hallucinate
When you're done we'll be underground
Splitting rocks as the world turns 'round

I've got nothing to say
I'm dead anyway
And we're too busy mining to be scared
I've got nothing to say
I'm dead anyway
And we're too busy mining to be scared

He tried to warn the trains, they failed not to collide
Now he haunts the hill with his lantern held high
The rocks we break are in the grave where he lies
These hills are ours too and we're bleeding 'em dry

He tried to warn the trains, they failed not to collide
Now he haunts the hill with his lantern held high
The rocks we break are in the grave where he lies
And we're bleedin' 'em, bleedin' 'em, bleedin' 'em

I've got nothing to say
I'm dead anyway
And we're too busy mining to be scared
I've seen the Paulding Light
I've seen the reds and greens and whites
But I wouldn't approach it on a dare

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from Fame By Proxy, released September 23, 2008

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