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Into the mines

from Into the mines EP by Ben Armistad

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Armistad continues the storyteller role in Into the mines. The title track of the EP explores the relationship between mining traditions, the slow reality of its decline and the people working in that very industry.

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Well they've spoken, all about it
on the wire, on the line
that the last days, of these miner-men
are closing, in on time
the grey-tone overburden, in the mountain , it will stay
and the pipe dreams, of the pioneers, they start turning, down in their graves

Chorus
Oh they'll never go down, back into the mines

Well they languish, on the streets yeah
they are praying for the sound
of a freight train, running onward
to the run down part of town
well they are fighters never hide it
live their whole lives at the seam
and the coal face, of this wicker-man
is burning, down in a heap

chorus

Well they will not , go so gentle
its the only work they know
well they're knee deep in the coal dirt
oh these mines they, are their homes
well they're brought up, on the thermal
oh they've laboured on the coke
til their bones they, lay in good ground
oh as miners they'll be known.

chorus.

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from Into the mines EP, released July 18, 2018
Performed and produced by
Ben Armistad 2018

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Ben Armistad Christchurch, New Zealand

Ben Armistad.
Christchurch based Singer songwriter.
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