The Ballade of Floyd Collins

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It was in the winter of 1925 and Kentucky was the state
A little ways off I-65 in a place they call Sand Cave
A man was 60 feet underground when one of his feet got stuck
That's all it took to bring him down, he'd run into a string of bad luck
He'd got himself in a narrow space only two feet wide
Floyd Collins was his name and Sand Cave is where he died

Within two days there was a crowd with a harness and plans to pull him out
A lot of people they just stood around, not too many had the nerve to go down
Then a reporter named "Skeets" Miller arrived to see what this fuss was all about
He was small enough to fit inside so they put him to work underground
He brought a lightbulb and put it over Floyd's head, a crowbar, a jack, and some wood
He dug until his fingers bled he did all that he could

Floyd Collins went into the ground in search of another cave
100, 000 People tried for 27 days straight 
To pull him up out of the grave consequence
Of one mistake

After digging gravel for 30 hours straight Skeets collapsed from fatigue
Floyd he had a lot to say, and what a dead man says you can believe
I know I've cheated i know I've lied I've done some things that was wrong
It's not that I'm afraid to die, it's just taking so damn long
The very next day that conversation was on the front page of the New York Times
Ain't it strange how an entire nation can get caught up in the fate of one man's life

Floyd Collins went into the ground in search of another cave
100, 000 people tried for 27 days straight
To pull him up out of the grave consequence
Of one mistake

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