He was burning through the winter A little fever down in the cellar left him bleeding from brow And all the water from the river for the fever Couldn’t keep him from the poisoning now Oh, he took it so hard on the chin It was winter that would do him in For he went wild as the wolves and ran into the snow covered clouds So that one day see that the whole world is breaking down So that one day see that the whole world is breaking down All the wealthy and all the waring they get a ticket To ride a rail into the underground All the righteous and all the tilling are celebrating A time for making such a beautiful sound They were raised by an old mountain man Sprouting seeds from the skin of his hand One day, growing a tree so that he could climb up through the clouds So that one day see that the whole world is breaking down So that one day see that the whole world is breaking down All the mountain miners reaching for the gold And the deeper they will go In that hellfire mountain hole All the mountain miners reaching for the gold And the deeper they will go In that hellfire mountain hole And the only barter they know Is the price of each one of their souls All the mountain miners reaching for the gold And the deeper they will go In that hellfire mountain hole And the only barter they know Is the price of each one of their souls And the only practice they know Rid that old mountain man from his home Oh, a debt for each one of your sins It's your own hand that will do you in And there’s no one to save you In that hot lake of fire where you drown And you know you miss women When the whole world is breaking down? And you know you miss women When the whole world is breaking down? You know I'm gonna be there When the whole world is breaking down