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


(chorus)

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