[00:47.79] Leaving my family behind me
[00:52.30] Not knowing what lay ahead
[00:57.31] Waving goodbye, as I left them in tears
[01:02.07] Remembering all we'd said
[01:06.83] I looked to the sky, I offered my prayers
[01:11.84] I asked Him for guidance and strength
[01:16.29] But the simple beliefs of a simple man
[01:21.00] Lay in His hands, and on my head
[01:26.12] My head
[01:52.41] I gave everything that they wanted
[01:57.17] But still they wanted more
[02:01.93] We sweat and we toiled
[02:04.43] Good men lost their lives
[02:06.94] I don't think they knew what for
[02:11.44] I sold them my heart
[02:14.20] I sold them my soul
[02:16.45] I gave everything I had
[02:20.96] But they couldn't break my spirit
[02:25.96] My dignity fought back
[02:30.72] Fightback
[02:40.74] Can you hear me
[02:45.50] Can you see
[02:50.26] Don't you hear me
[02:55.01] Don't you see
[03:08.81] We worked in gangs for all we were worth
[03:14.07] The young boys pulling the wagons
[03:18.82] We were digging the tunnels, shifting the earth
[03:24.23] It was then that it happened
[03:28.67] No-one knew how the cracks appeared
[03:33.43] But as it fell they all disappeared
[03:38.19] Stone fell like rain
[03:40.45] Can you hear me
[03:45.46] Can you see
[03:50.23] Don't you hear me
[03:54.98] Can you breathe
[04:35.81] The smoke cleared, the dust it settled
[04:40.36] No one knew how many had died
[04:45.25] All around there were broken men
[04:50.01] They'd said it was safe, and they'd lied
[04:54.76] You could hear the cries, you could smell the fear
[04:59.33] But good fortune that day was mine
[05:04.33] And it occurred to me that the heart of a good man
[05:09.09] It seems is hard to find
[05:14.35] Can you hear me
[05:19.11] Can you see
[05:23.92] Don't you hear me
[05:28.68] Don't you see
[06:02.28] How we worked, how we worked like
[06:05.81] The devil for our pay
[06:10.75] Through the wind, through the snow
[06:15.76] And through the rain
[06:21.54] Blasting and cutting through Gods country like a knife
[06:30.81] Sweat stinging my eyes, there has to be a better life
[06:38.66] But I can hear my children's cry
[06:43.80] I can see the tears in their eyes
[06:48.81] Memories of those I've left behind
[06:53.36] Oh just still ringing in my ears
[06:58.63] Will I ever go back again
[07:03.02] Will I ever see her face again
[07:07.75] 'cause I'll always remember that night
[07:11.36] As they waved goodbye to their fathers
[07:18.88] We came from the North
[07:21.13] And we came from the South
[07:23.64] With picks and with spades
[07:26.14] And a new kind of order
[07:28.59] Showing no fear of what lies up ahead
[07:33.10] They'll never see the likes of us again
[07:45.44] Driving the last spike
[07:47.95] Lifting and laying the track
[07:54.91] With blistering hands
[07:57.67] And the sun burning your back
[08:03.08] But I can hear my children's cry
[08:07.93] I can see the tears in their eyes
[08:12.69] Oh memories of those I've left behind
[08:17.34] Still ringing in my ears
[08:22.34] 'cause I'll always remember that night
[08:26.10] As they waved goodbye to their fathers
[08:33.13] We followed the rail, we slept under the stars
[08:38.45] Digging in darkness and living with danger
[08:43.46] Showing no fear of what lies up ahead
[08:47.46] They'll never see the likes of us again
[09:36.09] Can you hear me
[09:40.85] Can you see
[09:45.60] Don't you hear me
[09:50.36] Don't you see
