Mother Of A Miner's Child Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

She is my flower 

And she blooms for the one who loves her best 

The miners stop to watch as she walks 

They know her love is not for sale 

She will never fail me 'cause I know 

I watch her grow 

And the mother of a miner's child 

Waits for me beside the kitchen door 

She is my light 

In this place where the darkness never ends 

She'll guide me where the tunnels twist and bend 

She's the only one who listens when I tell her 

I got less than I can spend 

She knows the pace 

Oh mother of a miner's child 

Was away the coal dust from my face 

When the night shift's done 

She'll be waiting by the table when I come 

Searchin' for another dream to chase 

Oh mother of a miner's child 

I know that you still think about the day 

When we'll be movin' on 

Remember dear old daddy and 

The promise that I made to carry on 

Sometimes I smile 

In the cage where the cables softly hum 

I'd curse that old straw boss to the bone 

But the mother of a miner's child 

Is waiting for her paycheck to come home 

Come saturday 

And he is just a miner's boy 

I hope that he will find a better way 

She is my flower 

And she blooms for the one who loves her best 

The miners stop to watch as she walks 

They know her love is not for sale 

She will never fail me 'cause I know 

I watch her grow 

And the mother of a miner's child 

Waits for me beside the kitchen door