They sell their lies by the bottle
Without an ounce of shame
A promise on a slip of paper
Guaranteed to dull the pain

We dug that mine a mile below us
And built up this little town
Oh and we´re still digging holes
But these are six feet down

There´s coal under the mountains
And gold in them there pills
If living here don´t kill you
The medicine will

Well these are good God-fearing people
Just doing the best they can
And if the devil´s in the details
Then hell´s in milligrams

For every family visitation
Sons and daughters gone too soon
The drugstore and the undertaker

The only businesses that boom

There´s coal under the mountains
And gold in them there pills
If living here don´t kill you
The medicine will
Now it´s all broken dreams and plywood
Up and down these haunted streets
Even the bar where we all used to go
I guess even whiskey can´t compete

But I believe way down below us
Deeper than that mine shaft runs
There´s a place for those who did this to us
And it´s hotter than the sun

Coal under the mountains
And gold in them there pills

If living here don´t kill you
The medicine will