In another life
You and I
Worked West Virginia coal mines
Side by side
Collecting the black dust like sin
The day the main shaft caved in
I caught your eye
As the lantern light guttered out
And the afterdamp
Swallowed us slowly
I gripped your hand
And caught a glance
Of the next time 'round
In another life
You and I
Were Red Guards in training
Side by side
We marched on Tiananmen
Turned our own parents in
For hoarding rice
And in the Great Leap forward
We crawled on our bellies and died
And a blood orange sky
Gave a cry
Of next time 'round
You and I
Worked West Virginia coal mines
Side by side
Collecting the black dust like sin
The day the main shaft caved in
I caught your eye
As the lantern light guttered out
And the afterdamp
Swallowed us slowly
I gripped your hand
And caught a glance
Of the next time 'round
In another life
You and I
Were Red Guards in training
Side by side
We marched on Tiananmen
Turned our own parents in
For hoarding rice
And in the Great Leap forward
We crawled on our bellies and died
And a blood orange sky
Gave a cry
Of next time 'round
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