Why Can't We Just Say No

I am a miner, a miner, a miner
I'm stabbing the veins and the lodes
Tunneling deeper and deeper and deeper
For half of the gold in the world
Breaking the backs of the workers, the workers
The flood coming under the ground
How can I turn back, turn back, turn back
When gravel is all I have found

They say we never learn, say we never learn

Why can't we just say no?
I just have to learn
Why can't we just say no?
Why can't we just say no?

I am a warrior, a warrior, a warrior
A soldier of stature and worth
Fighting for honour, for honour, for honour
And half of the land of the earth
I have the power, the power, the power
To conjure the specter of dust
There is no turning back, turning back, turning back
Until there's a sword through my chest

They say we never learn, say we never learn

Why can't we just say no?
I just have to learn
Why can't we just say no?
Why can't we just say no?

Why can't we just say no?
I just have to learn
Why can't we just say no?
Why can't we just say no?

Why can't we just say no?
I just have to learn
Why can't we just say no?
Why can't we just say no?

Why can't we just say no?
I just have to learn
Why can't we just say no?
Why can't we just say no?

Why can't we just say no?
I just have to learn
Why can't we just say no?
Why can't we just say no?

Why can't we just say no?