Westgate

My name is Eddie, I am a worn man now But I know where I was that day Hiding from the foreman at the base of the tower When I saw the mighty bridge give way Bolts started snapping on the western span They sounded like machine gun fire You should have heard when she came down The wind blew me over the wire And the cold wind blows Down by the river where nobody goes Hell broke free when the bridge came down When the bridge came down We overheard the engineers Talk about the master plan Something about rust and a difference in camber And buckles in the western span We went back on the job that day Well they swore blue murder she would never come down I got away with six broken ribs I am the luckiest man around And the cold wind blows Down by the river where nobody goes Hell broke free when the bridge came down When the bridge came down When you go to work each day You think you are going to come back alive You kiss your wife and your kids goodbye When you know your going to play to survive Sometimes I lay awake at night And think about the ones who died The riggers and the chippies and the boilermakers The boys who had nowhere to hide I think about how proud we were And how we got a badge all done You've got to trust who you are working with When the steel starts to buckle in the sun And the cold wind blows Down by the river where nobody goes Hell broke free when the bridge came down And the cold wind blows Down by the river where nobody goes Hell broke free when the bridge came down When the bridge came down