Steel Men

Steel Men
Songwriter: David Martins Socan/Bmi
Produced By: Martin Damsell

Steel men, Steel men
Steel men, working on a bridge of steel
Working on a bridge of steel

Well out on a rocky western coast
In Vancouver by the sea
There's a place that's known
as Second Narrows
They were building a bridge of steel.
They hammered and cut and they riveted
And the welding torches burned bright
Making a strap on a rivers back
And God looked on and defied
(Let me tell you 'bout)

Steel men, working on a bridge
to cross that water
Steel men, working on a bridge of steel
Steel men, working on a bridge
to cross that water
Steel men, working on a bridge of steel

Well it happened on the 17th
day of June 1958
People fished quietly from the shore
The day was getting late
Oh the wind was-a-tugging
on the maple trees
But the steel man knows no fear
If somebody wanted to bridge the Pacific
Steel men would be there

Steel men, working on a bridge
to cross that water
Steel men, working on a bridge of steel
Steel men, working on a bridge
to cross that water
Steel men, working on a bridge of steel

Well all of a sudden the wind picked up
And blew as hard as it could
And then the steel bridge said
ah the heck with it
And broke like a piece of wood
Ah well the girders buckled
and the rivets broke
And the water heard the cries
As the steel shook off those working men
Like a mongrel shakes off flies

Eighteen men as hard as nails
As eager as a young bride
And it was going on to a quarter to 4
When at Second Narrows that died
(Oh Lord)

Steel men, working on a bridge
to cross that water
Steel men, working on a bridge of steel
Steel men, ain't going back
to wife and daughter
Steel men, livin' and dyin' by steel
Livin'....and dyin'.....by steel
(Steel men steel men)