[Verse 1]
This land is barren and
broken
Scarred like the face of the
moon
Our tongue is no longer
spoken
Towns all around face
ruin
Will there be work in New
Brunswick
Will I find gold in the
Cape
If I tunnel way down to Aus
tralia
Oh, how will I
ever escape
Where there’s a mine or a
hole in the ground
That’s what I’m heading for t
hat’s where I’m bound
So look for me under the
lode and i
nside the v
ein
Where the copper the clay the
arsenic and tin
Run in your blood and get u
nder your skin
I’m leaving the county b
ehind and I’m
not coming
back
So,
follow me
down cousin
Jack
[Verse 2]
The soil was too poor to make
Eden
Granite and sea left no
choice
Though visions of heaven sustai
ned us
When John Wesley gave us a
voice
Did Joseph once come to St Micha
el’s mount
Two thousand years pass in a
dream
When you’re working your way in the
darkness
Deep in the heart of the
seam
Where there’s a mine or a
hole in the ground
That’s what I’m heading for t
hat’s where I’m bound
So look for me under the
lode and i
nside the v
ein
Where the copper the clay the
arsenic and tin
Run in your blood and get u
nder your skin
I’m leaving the county b
ehind and I’m
not coming
back
So,
follow me
down cousin
Jack
[Verse 3]
I dream of a bridge on the
Tamar
It opens us up to the
east
And the English live in our
houses
The Spanish fish in our
seas
Where there’s a mine or a
hole in the ground
That’s what I’m heading for t
hat’s where I’m bound
So look for me under the
lode and i
nside the v
ein
Where the copper the clay the
arsenic and tin
Run in your blood and get u
nder your skin
I’m leaving the county b
ehind and I’m
not coming
back
So,
follow me
down cousin
Jack
