Superchunk - The Mine Has Been Returned To Its Original Owner lyrics

rate me

Years ago it was conceived

Next in line, lucky to receive

A resource that the owners found

In this case sunk to the ground

A secret son, it was not recognized

From photos though, you see it in his eyes

Held it deep must of held it tight

A general store buzzing like a hive

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They shoot at the mines we dug

And they just run out

And i'm having trouble following

It was him

It was him

The sneakking bastard found us out

And he's standing here hollering,

"This is mine, this is all mined"

"And has been all along"

"I've been waiting in the nursery"

Now shooting the mines we dug

We're leaving the richest veins

Well, I'm packing (&happy?)

And I'm leaving him everything

Sometimes his work takes him away

Leaves her alone, well in a way

Cuttings and flowers piled on the steps

Hands in the dirt with no regrets

A secret son was not recognized

They dug the ditch, he's melting down the prize

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