Steel Men

Steel men, hey Working on a bridge of steel Working on a bridge 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 bridge 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 (CHORUS) 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 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 bridge the Pacific Well, a steel man would be there (CHORUS) Well, all of a sudden Now, the wind picked up And it blew as hard as it could And that steel bridge 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 bridge Shook off the working men Like a hounddog shakes off flies (CHORUS) 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 (CHORUS) 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