It's my last day on the job After forty years of loading coal I knew One day I'd face the end Seems like only yesterday A straight-back boy barely 21 He didn't have the strength to catch his wind There's a lot of mixed emotions All the friends and family I've seen come and go And I'm not sure if I'm the kind of man Who could spend all day sitting by himself Slowly growing old with a fishing pole It's my last day in the mine I never thought that there would come a time I'd never go back underground Lay my dinner bucket down It's my last day in the mine The super said to me "Today we're going to keep you off the line. Just stay behind." Well I know that's how it goes But I'd rather throw my marker in the car One last time It'd be so fine It's my last day in the mine I never thought that there would come a time I'd never go back underground Lay my dinner bucket down It's my last day in the mine It's my last day in the mine