Steel and Steam - Levi Stoker
Clock in the darkness before the crows begin to cry
Underneath the soot black roof and the neon orange sky
The furnace is a hungry beast with an iron plated jaw
And a whistle is the only god that ever gave a law
My blood is mostly motor oil
My lungs are full of grit
I'm a gear inside an engine that'll never learn to quit
They say the world is changing, moving fast and moving clean
But they still need the muscle and the spirit of the machine
Oh, I'm made of steel and steam
Moving down the line
A heart of heavy piston and a soul that's built to grind
You can't bend the iron
And you can't choke the fire
I'm a high voltage current on a rusted out wire
Yeah, the hammer keeps falling
And the pressure starts to rise
I got the heat of the foundry burning in my eyes
Call me really
Call me what I've been
But I'm the power of the steel and steam
I've seen the river turn to rust
And the valley turn to gray
Watching 20 years of sweat just slowly drift away
The city boys in silken ties, they like to talk a lot
But they wouldn't last a minute with the heavy metal's hot
My grandfather was a blacksmith
My daddy was a rail
I'm the third generation, no score, I meant to fail
But I'm standing like an anvil
I'm rooted in the floor
And I'll keep descending turn till I can't turn no more
I'm made of steel and steam
Moving down the line
A heart of heavy piston and a soul that's built to grind
You can't bend the iron
And you can't choke the fire
I'm a high voltage current on a rusted out wire
Yeah, the hammer keeps falling
And the pressure starts to rise
I got the heat of the foundry burning in my eyes
Call me really
Call me what I've been
But I'm the power of the steel and steam
Gonna turn me to scrap
In the bile of the snake
I'm the under teeth of metal
That you're never gonna break
Yeah, I'm made of steel and steam
Moving down the line
A heart of heavy piston and a soul that's built to grind
You can't bend the iron
And you can't choke the fire
I'm a high voltage current on a rusted out wire
Yeah, the hammer keeps falling
And the pressure starts to rise
I got the heat of the foundry burning in my eyes
Call me really
Call me what I've been
But I'm the power of the steel and steam
Keep it tight
Keep it hot
Steel and steam
Yeah
