There's sweat rolling over my shovel
There's a river running down my back
I didn't come to this country just to bleed for them tracks
Dig, dig that's how the locals call us
As if we don't got no names
Dig, dig I hear them captains calling
Don't bring your people any shame
You better stick to the shovel
Boy don't you dare and let go
Maybe you'll find yourself some hope
I never wanted to leave my home
But my father forced me to do so
He didn't have enough land for 3 brothers
So the younger two had to go
Dig, dig was the last thing I heard
When my brother disappeared under a damn big stone
Dig, dig was what I heard
As some men defile his tomb in search for more than bones
You better stick to the shovel
Boy don't you dare and let go
Maybe you'll find yourself some hope
Now, in 30 years time, I must have dug
A hole as big as the moon
I wish I had reached as much with my wife
But she died giving birth one cold afternoon
Dig, dig the soil forgets everything
All pain is safe in the cold ground
Dig, dig is the last thing you gonna hear
Before eternal silence kills every sound
Dig, dig and maybe I find
Some good times coming
Dig, dig I tend to put
My feet towards running
You better stick to the shovel
Boy don't you dare and let go
Maybe you'll find yourself some hope