Ninety dead on the evening news
The number may be growing
Disasters come in threes and twos
Our vulnerability showing
Coal kills when you dig it out
It kills when you burn it down
No one should have any doubt
It should be left beneath the ground
Datong is just the latest
In a series of coal explosions
Not the worst and not the greatest
In a state of mass erosion
In this modern day and age
No human should go under
It’s not worth a decent wage
Why we still do it is a wonder
The day has come to let it go
The way of video rental stores
Let’s have no more of burning coal
Let’s close that rusted door
Let’s find our way to sunlight
And other renewable forms
That free us from our deadly plight
And moderate our giant storms
