Please Sir

She was always a very pretty lady He had always caught her eye They were married in a mining valley And swore they'd be together until the day that they died Twenty years later with the coal all gone And golden lamp in his hand He stands at the bar with a pint in his hand and his friends They all agree together that they don't understand Meanwhile little David takes his books off to school l And learns of times gone past And when it comes to questions he puts up his hand There's something that he just wants to ask Please sir can you give me and answer Please sir you know it doesn't seem fair Last night as I walked through the door I thought I saw my father crying sat in his chair She stood there with her arms around him and she said She promised him a better day But after twenty years of working underground It's not just your job that they take away Sometimes he'd walk to the edge of his world And stare at the valley below He thought about leaving maybe running away But knew there was nowhere to go Please sir can you give me and answer Please sir you know I just can't see Please sir when you make these decisions Do you have a vision of what happens to me Life goes on in a mining valley But the young men leave for a better wage And every day he coughs and he splutters He knows love is the reason he stays He knows love is the reason he stays Meanwhile little David takes his books off to school And learns of the times gone past And when it comes to questions he puts up his and There's something that he just wants to ask Please sir can you give me and answer Please sir you know it doesn't seem fair Last night as I walked through the door I thought I saw my father crying sat in his chair