Westgate

My name is Eddie, I'm a wanted 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've 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

Talking 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'm 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're gonna come back alive

You kiss your wife and your kids goodbye

When you know you're gonna play to survive

Sometimes I lie 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 bad job done

You gotta trust who you're 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