Miners Daughter Songtext

I walk right by your office It used to be my room Mom moved out the furniture When I went off to school You filled it floor to ceiling With all the things you've done Letters from the President Medallions that you won And papers filled with numbers Photographs of men Your colleagues in their business suits With hard hats on their heads You took us down a mine once We turned off all the lights In that heart of darkness Could we make everything all right? You were a miner all your life But I never made you mine I never really took the time To know the man inside Soon I'll be walking down the aisle And I want you by my side Don't you think it's time I finally tried to get inside the man? So I'm drawn back to your office To dig up more on you Heavy rocks in bookcases-- Are they my only clue? You traveled far to get them You mined them from the land You'd think that they were gold The way you laid them in my hands Will I ever tell you just how Dark the dark has been? Do I have the courage To let so much love in? Now I'm sitting in your office I'm trying out your chair The room takes on new meaning When I look at it from here I hope that you don't mind But I'm singing you a song You'd think that it was gold The way it's taken me so long I've been a miner all my life With my head stuck underground But now I've grown, I want to know you While you're still around