Red Hill Mining Town

From father to son

The blood runs thin

Ooh, see the faces frozen still

Against the wind

The seam is split

The coal-face cracked

The lines are long

There's no going back

Through hands of steel

And heart of stone

Our labour day

Has come and gone

They leave me holdin' on

In Red Hill Town

See the lights go down on

Hanging on

You're all that's left to hold on to

I'm still waiting

I'm hanging on

You're all that's left to hold on to

The glass is cut

The bottle run dry

Our love runs cold

In the caverns of the night

We're wounded by fear

Injured in doubt

I can lose myself

You I can't live without

Yeah, you keep me holding on

In Red Hill Town

See the lights go down on

I'm hanging on

You're all that's left to hold on to

I'm still waiting

I'm hanging on

You're all that's left to hold on to

On to

We scorch the earth

Set fire to the sky

And we stooped so low

To reach so high

A link is lost

The chain undone

We wait all day

For night to come

And it comes

Like a hunter, child

I'm hanging on

You're all that's left to hold on to

I'm still waiting

I'm hanging on

You're all that's left to hold on to

Love, slowly stripped away

Love has seen its better day

Hanging on

Lights go out on Red Hill

The lights go down on Red Hill

The lights go down on Red Hill Town

Lights go down on Red Hill