In the black dust towns of east Tennessee   All the work’s about the same And you may not go to the job in the ground   But you learn the miner’s refrain I’m down in a hole I’m down in a hole   Down in a deep dark hole I’m down in a hole I’m down in a hole   Down in a deep dark hole VERSE 2: When you search the rain for the silver cloud   And you wait on days of gold When you pitch to the bottom   And the dirt comes down   You cry so cold so cold CHORUS: I’m down in a hole I’m down in a hole   Down in a deep dark hole I’m down in a hole I’m down in a hole   Down in a deep dark hole VERSE 3: Now there’s something good in a worried song   For the trouble in your soul ’Cause a worried man who’s been a long way down Down in a deep dark hole CHORUS: I’m down in a hole I’m down in a hole   Down in a deep dark hole I’m down in a hole I’m down in a hole   Down in a deep dark hole I’m down in a deep dark hole