What are your hands, Jack? Black from the coal What is your back, Jack? Snapped and cracked from digging it, digging it Watch that soul What are your hands, Jack? Black from the coal What is your back, Jack? Snapped and cracked from digging it, digging it Watch that soul Failed the test Need to rest (hands Jack) I'm all messed up in a trusted wreck Failed the test Need to rest (look at your hands, Jack) I'm all messed up in a trusted wreck Hands jack, look at your hands, Jack Failed the test Need to rest (hands Jack) I'm all messed up in a trusted wreck (black from the coal) Failed the test Need to rest (what is your back, Jack) I'm all messed up in a trusted wreck (snapped and cracked from diggin' it, diggin' it, watch that soul) Failed the test Need to rest (hands Jack) I'm all messed up in a trusted wreck (black from the coal) Failed the test
Need to rest (what is your back, Jack) I'm all messed up in a trusted wreck (snapped and cracked from diggin' it, diggin' it, watch that soul) Failed the test Need to rest (hands Jack) I'm all messed up in a trusted wreck (black from the coal) Failed the test Need to rest (what is your back, Jack) I'm all messed up in a trusted wreck (snapped and cracked from diggin' it, diggin' it, watch that soul) Failed the test Need to rest (hands Jack) I'm all messed up in a trusted wreck (black from the coal) Failed the test Need to rest (what is your back, Jack) I'm all messed up in a trusted wreck (snapped and cracked from diggin' it, diggin' it) Watch that soul Richard's part Help me father Jack fell down When the shaft caved in Gotta cut the line Danger strikes Help me father There he falls (alternates - 'goes'. He says 'watch that soul' in last verse.)