His Chosen Time

Pulling down the rafters as they backed out of the hole
It’s dangerous but the boss wants every last bit of that coal
It’s gravy time if it’s not your own life on the line
Sometimes on safety it pays to pay the fines
Crandall Canyon Utah
Nine miners died
It was an act of God
Nothing to do with me
Said Mr. Murray
Who owned the mine
I’m a Christian man
I hope they all believed God took those miners at his chosen time
As his chosen time
He said it was an earthquake out of his control
Carla May Montoya’s husband’s never coming home
The seismic university is pleading not confirmed
A penny saved is not a penny earned
It was an act of God
Nothing to do with me
Said Mr. Murray
Who owned the mine
I’m a Christian man
I hope they all believed God took those miners at his chosen time
As his chosen time
It was an act of God
I’m a Christian man
God took those miners at his chosen time
At his chosen time