Canaries in a Coal Mine Lyrics by Thelma & James
Somewhere along the line I think I just quit
Waking you up every single time I had a bad dream
I remember them kids on your living room floor
Chinese food ain’t thin no more
It’s a sad thing
‘Cause my God we choked on every sorry
‘Til we sang our voices dry
Ignored every single warning
But broken wings can’t fly
Like canaries in a coal
Saw the cracks before the landslide
We were never getting out alive
Sometimes love just dies
Like canaries in a coal mine
Do you remember that moment in the upstairs hall
Brushed right by you, said nothing at all
That said everything
Blame it on time, does what it does
‘Cause it is what it is, but it ain’t what it was
And That’s a damn shame
‘Cause my God, I swear it was just summer
We were two birds on a wire
And I can’t help but wonder
Will we ever see the light
Like canaries in a coal mine
Saw the cracks before the landslide
We were never getting out alive
Sometimes love just dies
Like canaries in a coal mine
Like canaries in a coal mine
‘Cause my God we choked on every sorry
‘Til we sang our voices dry
Ignored every single warning
But broken wings can’t fly
Like canaries in a coal mine
Saw the cracks before the landslide
We were never getting out alive
Like canaries in a coal mine
