steel men hey
working on a of steel
working on a of steel
out on the rocky western coast
of vancouver by the sea
at a place that’s
known as second narrows
they were building a of steel
well they hammered
and they cut and they riveted
and the welding torches were bright
making a strap on a river’s back
when upon one fatal night
steel men hey
working on a
to cross that water
steel men ho
working on a of steel
well it happened on
the eighteenth day of june
back in nineteen fifty plus eight
people were fishing from the shore
the day was getting late
now the wind was
tugging at the maple trees
but a steel man knows no fear
if somebody wanted
to the pacific
well a steel man would be there
well all of a sudden
now the wind picked up
and it blew as hard as it could
and that steel swayed
like a leaf in the breeze
and it snapped like a stick of wood
now the girders buckled
and the rivets broke
and the water heard the cry
and that steel
shook off the working men
like a hound dog shakes off flies
eighteen men just as hard as nails
and as eager as a brand new bride
and as the clock on the
tower said quarter of four
all eighteen had died
steel men ain’t going back
to a wife and daughter
steel men living and dying by steel
living and dying by steel
living and dying by steel
living and dying by steel
Artist: Jimmy Dean
Year: 1962
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 144