Gary, Indiana 1959

I'm old, weak and grey and I'm running out of time
 Yeah, but you should have seen me, brother, when I was young and in my prime
 Back in Gary, Indiana in 1959
 I was a steel working man with 2 kids and loving wife
 And the Union was strong, smokestacks burning day and night
 Back in Gary, Indiana in 1959
 But then the accountants and lawyers and bosses at U.S. Steel
 Sent down the word that we had to take their rotten deal
 But from Birmingham to Pueblo, Oakland to Allentown
 The workers got together and we shut the Big Boys down,
 The President and Supreme Court tried to force us off the line
 Back in Gary, Indiana in 1959
 Now the years have disappeared in the blink of an eye
 And I feel like a stranger in world that isn't mine
 My dear wife died, my kids all moved away
 Cause there's nothing round here to make them want to stay
 Cause the factories are in ruins, decent jobs are hard to find
 And you can't get ahead no matter how hard you try
 Cause the Big Boys make the rules, tough luck for everyone else
 And out on the streets, brother, it's every man for himself
 But I still remember when we marched side by side
 Back in Gary, Indiana in 1959
 Don't bury my body, brother, when it's my time to die
 Just throw me in that smelter and let my ashes fly
 Back home to Gary, Indiana in 1959