Steeltown

But now it's barren all too soon

Here was a home for the lost and scared
Finally the dream has gone
Here was a future for hands of hell
I went down and the heat turned on me
At the end of everything
All the landscape was the mill
I came here with all my friends
Leaving behind the wait of years
I've nothing left to hang upon
Out on a prospect that never ends
Grim as the reaper with a heart like hell
We set the flame and it burned so blue
But who could know we built on sand

There was a refuge for those who dared

I went down and the heat turned on me
In a steeltown, when the heat's on
And here I stand with my own kin

In a steeltown, when the heat's on
In a steeltown, when the heat's on
The call of the steel that would never stop
In a steeltown, when the heat's on

In a steeltown, when the heat's on
There's no miracle in ruin
With open eyes I watched it grow
Out of the yards and dry docks
We built it all with our own hands
Leaving alone in a flood of tears
Finally the dream has gone

Hands with the courage to start anew

With a river of bodies flowing with the bell

I went down and the heat turned on me
I've nothing left to hang upon
I went down and the heat turned on me
A sea of palms in an ocean of snow