@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
chorus:
Oh we’re back in the valley
Oh we’re back in the valley
Oh we’re back in the valley
and it all comes round again
That coal dust clings to me wherever I make my way
and like the star of Bethlehem it leads me back today
fresh air might make me homesick for what I’ve left behind
but I got no time for dreaming if I did I’d lose my mind
(chorus)
Some seek shelter from the storm some laugh in the teeth of the gale
and some just work right through it everyday without fail
some just walk on the backs of men who’ve fallen down
it’s hard to trust the man who makes his living above the ground
(chorus)
Maybe down in the darkness
the good Lord just can’t see
so I just gotta tell him
that His coal is killing me
(chorus)
Oh we’re back in the valley
Oh we’re back in the valley
Oh we’re back in the valley
and it all comes round again
That coal dust clings to me wherever I make my way
and like the star of Bethlehem it leads me back today
fresh air might make me homesick for what I’ve left behind
but I got no time for dreaming if I did I’d lose my mind
(chorus)
Some seek shelter from the storm some laugh in the teeth of the gale
and some just work right through it everyday without fail
some just walk on the backs of men who’ve fallen down
it’s hard to trust the man who makes his living above the ground
(chorus)
Maybe down in the darkness
the good Lord just can’t see
so I just gotta tell him
that His coal is killing me
(chorus)
Lyrics submitted by azkm
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