Lyrics

Recent Activity

Following

Cover art for Slow Hole to China lyrics by Clutch

Clutch

Slow Hole to China

2 Meanings

Add Yours

Follow

Share

Q&A

Slow Hole to China Lyrics

Dig a slow hole to China
Blacker than a miner
No turn un-stoned I trample
Hold my candle's handle

Mama always said
"You better come home"
Stuck in the mud
Dug a slow hole

My blue cow
Gotta get her back here somehow
My brown bag
Never gonna guess what I have

Mama always said
"You better come home"
Stuck in the mud
Dug a slow hole

If it's too shallow then dig it more deep
If it's too narrow then dig it more wide
If you see a point of light
Shake hands with the other side
If it's too shallow then dig it more deep
If it's too narrow then dig it more wide
If you see the point of light
Shake hands with the other side

A lighthouse in Kentucky
Oh I should be so lucky
Sell fill dirt to the groundlings
And water to the drowning

Mama always said
"You better come home"
Stuck in the mud
Dug a slow hole

Submitted by

almostmanda On Apr 05, 2005

Album art

When Vegans Attack

Album art

Album art

Album art

Album art

Lyrics saved successfully! Thanks!

These lyrics are currently locked and can only be edited by moderators and administrators.

You must be logged in to edit lyrics.

Unable to save lyrics. Please try again.

Lyrics cannot contain links.

Lyric edit submitted successfully and is pending approval. Approvals usually take 24 hours.

Keep it true to the song

Fix what’s wrong, but don’t rewrite what the artist wrote. Stick to the official released version — album booklet, label site, verified lyric video, etc. If you’re guessing, pause and double-check.

Respect the structure

Songs have rhythm. Pages do too. Leave line breaks where they belong. Don’t smash things together or add extra empty space just for looks.

Punctuation counts (but vibe-editing doesn’t)

Correct typos? Yes. Re-punctuating a whole verse because it ‘looks better’? Probably not. Keep capitalization and punctuation close to the official source.

Don’t mix versions

If you’re editing the explicit version, keep it explicit. If it’s the clean version, keep it clean. No mashups.

Let the lyrics be lyrics

This isn’t the place for interpretations, memories, stories, or trivia — that’s what comments are for. Keep metadata, translations, and bracketed stage directions out unless they’re officially part of the song.

Edit lightly

If two lines are wrong… fix the two lines. No need to bulldoze the whole page. Think ‘surgical,’ not ‘remix.’

When in doubt, ask the crowd

Not sure what they’re singing in that fuzzy bridge? Drop a question in the comments and let the music nerds swarm. Someone always knows.

almostmanda

Submitter

2005-04-05 18:48:26

2 Meanings

Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.

Sort by

Cover art for Slow Hole to China lyrics by Clutch

by UnFaithfulAtheist

15y ago

I think this song could be lamenting the excessive amount of jobs that get outsourced to China. I could be wrong but it kinda makes sense to me. Mining, specifically, is an industry that has been sent to China.

Then again it could just be a story about a miner who gets trapped and tries to dig himself out the other side (or a metaphor for a similar predicament).

0

Users:

Reply · 0 Share

Cover art for Slow Hole to China lyrics by Clutch

by clydefrogHUN

11y ago

Well, I came here for answers, I don' t know the language well. Isn't it about never giving up, just doing whats might inpossible?

0

Users:

Reply · 0 Share

Questions and Answers

Ask specific questions and get answers to unlock more indepth meanings & facts.