You’ve never been as good as your heroes You’re just a miner’s son, just one of those Those people in distress You tried to do your best You had a son, but never saw him play, A nice boy who grown up and moved away No sand castles at sea Stuck in the factory You came back to work in the end But everything had changed There was no claim, no union, The fever had gone You just walked all day In no kind of way Then just fall away You remember the trade-off you declined Everything is well printed in your mind A Life with union demands With no sand in the hands Now you’re retired, the job is never done The picket line will always be your home This is where you will die, A fight as a goodbye You came back to work in the end But everything had changed There was no claim, no union, The fever was gone You just walked all day In no kind of way Then just fall away
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