At the Kew Creek mine, nine miners went down
Two hundred and forty foot deep in the ground
A night shift went a mile away and there come a shout
Somebody's hitting water, everybody get out
It was over their heads and too fast to outrun
Together they were tied to live or die as one
Help came from all around but then the drill stripped and broke
So it's over their heads and too fast to outrun

So the men penned goodbyes
And wives hoped against hope
When the waters come up
When you go through the flood
And the Lord you can trust
He will be there with us
Now Jesus was laid
In a hole in the ground
He was dead
But the third day
God's hand brought
Him out
And the miners were buried
Three nights and three days
But like Jesus Sunday morning
All nine men were raised
When the waters come up
When you go through the flood
When you go through the flood
And the Lord you can trust
He will be there with us
When you go through the flood
When you go through the flood