Day The Steel Mill Closed

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Nick Frey & The Sons Of Thunder

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South of the tracks
Stands a ghost from the past
The skeleton of the old steel mill
Where the furnaces would blaze
Every night and every day
They say the fire burned hotter than hell

Six hundred men
Muscle, grit and sweat
Strong as the metal they would yield
Forging the bones
That built our nation strong
With a hard hat and nose to the grinding wheel

Did they notice?
Did the town even weep
When they locked up all the doors
With the men out on the street

But Daddy smiled when they sent him home
On the sad day the steel mill closed
With a paycheck and a pat on the back
The chimneys quit and the furnace cooled
On the sad day the steel mill closed
Thirty-three years and that was that

He worked like a mule
Since the day he finished school
Grave yard shift to keep our family fed
Though it seemed to pay the bills
I think he hated that ol' mill
But he did what he had to earn his bread

Did they notice?
Did the town even weep
When they locked up all the doors
With the men out on the street

But Daddy smiled when they sent him home
On the sad day the steel mill closed
With a paycheck and a pat on the back
The chimneys quit and the furnace cooled
On the sad day the steel mill closed
Thirty-three years and that was that

The men gather round
With heads all hangin' down
To listen what the boss man had to say
He said "this is your last week
We're moving business overseas
Where we can get the work for half the pay"

Did they notice?
Did the town even weep
When they locked up all the doors
With the men out on the street

But Daddy smiled when they sent him home
On the sad day the steel mill closed
With a paycheck and a pat on the back
The chimneys quit and the furnace cooled
On the sad day the steel mill closed
Thirty-three years and that was that

Oh, Daddy smiled when they sent him home
On the sad day the steel mill closed
With a paycheck and a pat on the back
The chimneys quit and the furnace cooled
On the sad day the steel mill closed
Thirty-three years and that was that

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