Steel Men - Jimmy Dean
Steel men Hey
Working on a bridge of steel
Working on a bridge of steel
Out on the rocky western coast
Up Vancouver by the sea
At a place that's known as second narrows
They were building a bridge of Steel
Well they hammered and
Cut and they riveted
And the welding torches were bright
Makin' a strap on the rivers back
Sweat a bored man day til night
Steel men Hey
Working on a bridge to cross that water
Steel men Ho
Working on a bridge of steel
Well it happened on
The eighteenth day of June
Back in nineteen fifty plus eight
People were fishing on the shore
The day was gettin' late
Now the wind was tuggin' at the maple trees
But a steel man knows no fear
If somebody wanted to bridge the Pacific
Well a steel man would be there
Steel men Hey
Working on a bridge to cross that water
Steel men Ho
Working on a bridge of steel
Well all of a sudden now the wind picked up
And blew as hard as it could
And that steel bridge swagged
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 bridge shook off the working men
Like a hound dog shakes off fly aah
Steel men Hey
Working on a bridge to cross that water
Steel men Ho
Working on a bridge of steel
Eighteen men just as hard as nails
And eager as a brand new bride
And as the clock on the
Tower said quarter of four
All eighteen had died
Steel men Hey
Working on a bridge to cross that water
Steel men Ho
Working on a bridge of steel
Steel men Hey
Ain't going back to wife and daughter
Steel men Ho
Livin' and dyin' by steel
Livin' and dyin' by steel hey
Livin' and dyin' by steel hey
