He goes down he goes down one day he's gonna find that stone so bright it's gonna burn away this cloud he goes down He goes down he goes down one day that wall's gonna crack and fall like raindrops on his crown he goes down He's diggin' 'cause a dream once showed a vision of a mother lode waitin' for him in the ground he goes down He goes down he goes down one day he's gonna see that stone so big it's gonna drive away these hounds well he goes down He goes down he goes down one day he's gonna stumble that rock's gonna crumble gonna leave him underground well he goes down He's diggin' for the family he's diggin' for himself he's diggin' like a holy plow He's diggin' 'cause a dream once showed a vision of a mother lode waitin' for him in the ground he goes down He's diggin' towards breath he's diggin' towards death he's diggin' towards a sacred sound He goes down