Show Of Hands - Cousin Jack lyrics

This land is bar-ren and bro-ken Scarred like the face of the moon Our tongue is no lon-ger spo-ken And the Towns all a-round face ruin Will there be work in New Bruns-wick? Will I find gold in the Cape? If I tunnel way down to Australia Oh will I ever escape Where there's a mine or a hole in the ground That's what I'm heading for that's where I'm bound So look for me under the lode and inside the vain Where the copper the clay the arsnic and tin Run in your blood and under your skin I'll leave the county behind I'm not coming back Oh follow me down cousin Jack The soil was to poor to make Eden Granite and sea left no choice Though visions of heaven sustained us When John Wesley gave us a voice Did Joseph once come to St Michaels Mount Two thousand years pa** in a dream When you're working your way in the darkness Deep in the heart of the seam Where there's a mine or a hole in the ground That's what I'm heading for that's where I'm bound So look for me under the lode and inside the vain Where the copper the clay the arsnic and tin Run in your blood and under your skin I'll leave the county behind I'm not coming back Oh follow me down cousin Jack I dream of a bridge on the Tamar It opens us up to the East And the English they live in our houses The Spanish fish in these seas Where there's a mine or a hole in the ground That's what I'm heading for that's where I'm bound So look for me under the lode and inside the vain Where the copper the clay the arsnic and tin Run in your blood and under your skin I'll leave the county behind I'm not coming back Oh follow me down cousin Jack