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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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