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The coal mine disaster in Virginia has inspired John Lennon. Many years ago, back in the '80s Gerald wrote a tribute to coal miners about another mining disaster. It wasn't very good. John had tried to rewrite it several times, but never been satisfied. But now he feels he's finally got the song to something worthy of honoring miners, and recorded it in The Afterlife. Everyone there associated with the mining industry loves it! And not only John is singing it, but Johnny Cash, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and many others. Unfortunately because Gerald used the music of "Riders On The Storm" By The Doors Linda cannot record a demo because of copyright problems. Gerald had always hoped that some day he would be so well known that he could get The Doors to let him use their music for his tribute to the miners. You never know! Maybe some day that will happen. But here's John's version. Also, here's the link to Gerald's original version.

Gerald still gets a kick that John uses his material, as do other performers in The Afterlife! He just wishes he could get some of the people in the material world to do the same thing.

WE'VE GOT A FIRE IN THE HOLE!
By; Speaker Gerald A. Polley
Modified In The Afterlife By John Lennon
Channeled Through; Linda J. Polley
All rights reserved.

1. We've got a fire in the hole!
That cry can make your blood run cold.
When you're deep down in a hole
where no man ought to go,
Deep down below, in a deep dark hole,
Deep down below, pray for your soul.
Even brave men cry,
when they know that they will die,
Deep down below,
from the morning sky,
Deep down below,
where no man ought to die,
We've got a fire in the hole!

2. Well, it's April 29,
In the old Blackstone Mine.
The foreman up above
He gets a call from below.
And when he hears those awful words
he knows that men will die,
Deep down below,
from the morning sky,
Deep down below,
where no man ought to go,
We've got a fire in the hole!

3. Well, the rescue units try,
But the flames are climbing high,
Deep down below,
from the morning sky,
Deep down below,
where no man ought to go,
Deep down below,
in a deep dark hole,
We've got a fire in the hole!

4. As the smoke begins to rise
A widow she will cry,
With her children at her side,
for the one she loves has died.
Deep down below,
Where no one ought to go,
Deep down below,
in a deep dark hole,
Deep down below,
pray for your soul.
We've got a fire in the hole!

5. All that they can do
is seal the shafts above,
For deep down below they've
lost the ones they love,
Deep down below,
in that deep dark hole,
Deep down below,
where no one ought to go,
We've got a fire in the hole!
We've got a fire down below!

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.
We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.
We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
John F. Kennedy