[00:48.17] Leaving my family behind me
[00:52.68] Not knowing what lay ahead
[00:57.94] Waving goodbye, as I left them in tears
[01:02.70] Remembering all we'd said
[01:07.46] I looked to the sky, I offered my prayers
[01:12.22] I asked Him for guidance and strength
[01:16.74] But the simple beliefs of a simple man
[01:21.49] Lay in His hands, and on my head
[01:26.26] My head
[01:53.07] I gave everything that they wanted
[01:57.58] But still they wanted more
[02:02.60] We sweat and we toiled
[02:04.85] Good men lost their lives
[02:07.36] I don't think they knew what for
[02:12.37] I sold them my heart
[02:14.62] I sold them my soul
[02:16.88] I gave everything I had
[02:21.39] But they couldn't break my spirit
[02:26.40] My dignity fought back
[02:30.91] Fightback
[02:35.92] Just fightback
[02:41.44] Can you hear me
[02:45.94] Can you see
[02:50.96] Don't you hear me
[02:55.72] Don't you see
[03:09.75] We worked in gangs for all we were worth
[03:14.76] The young boys pulling the wagons
[03:19.52] We were digging the tunnels, shifting the earth
[03:24.53] It was then that it happened
[03:29.29] No-one knew how the cracks appeared
[03:33.81] But as it fell they all disappeared
[03:38.81] Stone fell like rain
[03:41.32] Can you hear me
[03:46.08] Can you see
[03:50.84] Don't you hear me
[03:55.61] Can you breathe
[04:36.45] The smoke cleared, the dust it settled
[04:40.96] No one knew how many had died
[04:45.97] All around there were broken men
[04:50.73] They'd said it was safe, and they'd lied
[04:55.49] You could hear the cries, you could smell the fear
[05:00.26] But good fortune that day was mine
[05:05.02] And it occurred to me that the heart of a good man
[05:10.03] It seems is hard to find
[05:14.69] Can you hear me
[05:19.45] Can you see
[05:24.46] Don't you hear me
[05:29.22] Don't you see
[06:02.52] How we worked, how we worked like
[06:06.28] The devil for our pay
[06:12.04] Through the wind, through the snow
[06:16.55] And through the rain
[06:22.07] Blasting and cutting through Gods country like a knife
[06:31.33] Sweat stinging my eyes, there has to be a better life
[06:40.20] But I can hear my children's cry
[06:44.71] I can see the tears in their eyes
[06:49.22] Memories of those I've left behind
[06:53.98] Oh just still ringing in my ears
[06:59.34] Will I ever go back again
[07:03.60] Will I ever see her face again
[07:08.36] 'cause I'll always remember that night
[07:12.16] As they waved goodbye to their fathers
[07:19.42] We came from the North
[07:21.68] And we came from the South
[07:24.19] With picks and with spades
[07:26.44] And a new kind of order
[07:29.70] Showing no fear of what lies up ahead
[07:33.71] They'll never see the likes of us again
[07:45.99] Driving the last spike
[07:48.49] Lifting and laying the track
[07:55.26] With blistering hands
[07:58.01] And the sun burning your back
[08:03.13] But I can hear my children's cry
[08:08.64] I can see the tears in their eyes
[08:13.40] Oh memories of those I've left behind
[08:18.16] Still ringing in my ears
[08:22.45] 'cause I'll always remember that night
[08:26.47] As they waved goodbye to their fathers
[08:33.98] We followed the rail, we slept under the stars
[08:38.75] Digging in darkness and living with danger
[08:44.01] Showing no fear of what lies up ahead
[08:48.27] They'll never see the likes of us again
[09:36.62] Can you hear me
[09:41.13] Can you see
[09:46.14] Don't you hear me
[09:50.90] Don't you see
