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( Mine disaster song lyrics )
IF I COULD BREATHE
Copyright © 2006 - mickterry.com

1: Well, now, Mr. Roper, it's almost over.
There's not much time left down here after all.
You know what seems peculiar?
I barely even knew you.
Yet, yours will be the last face that I saw.

CHORUS:
If I could breathe just a little bit easier,
breathe in a sunny day,
fill my lungs with air so fresh and sweet.
If I could breathe just a little bit easier,
sniff at a spring bouquet,
fill my eyes with those that mean the most to me.

2: Well, now, Mr. Roper, it's almost over.
It's just us in this dark mine all alone.
You know what strikes me funny?
I did it for the money.
I pulled a double shift to pay a loan.
CHORUS:

BRIDGE:
No offense intending, but I'm too young to see this ending,
while you, on the other hand, had a pretty full life.
You've had your share of mem'ries,
but I've got two bouncing babies,
a mortgaged home, a rusting car & a pregnant wife.

3: Hang on, Mr. Roper, it's not quite over.
Is lack of air affecting what I hear?
Do you hear someone drilling?
A music simply thrilling!
But, wait ... it's going away. We're over here!
CHORUS:

Copyright © 2006  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
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3-25-06:
Written just before Randal McCloy, Jr.,
the sole survivor of the Morgantown, West Virgina,
Sago mine disaster (1-2-06),
was finally released from the hospital with improving health,
but impaired mental facilities.

Margaret Reid Poetry Prize   (Secondary Short List)   June, 2008

To other natural disaster song lyrics: (EARTHQUAKE) THE BIG ONE
(RAIN FLOOD) PLAP, PLOP, PLIP
(TSUNAMI) WHEN THE WAVE CAME
(HURRICANE) THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLIEST
(WILDFIRE) MAKING THE WORST (OF A BAD SITUATION)
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