East of Nogales was agua prieta dirty water palace. I made my stand in the dust and the dirt the Phelps dodge company put me to work. I stood tall like the Douglas towers. Id prove my work and show my power. 16 hour days not a lot of sleep I’d show them I’d earn my keep it’s a damn shame what a man has to do living on principles to pull you thru as my family grew my back began sway deeper in the darkness every day Hammer and chisels counting my life away It’s a damn shame chiseling my life away deeper in the mine deeper in debt living the American dream today My back gave out in 62 guess the mine did too Mother Earth got tired of giving it all all we got left is big ol hole But not big enough to fill our soul water table polluted and the vein is gone Phelps Dodge slipped out at town. Left us nothing but polluted ground. Damn shame Living. Chiseling your days away
