rocks fly dust clouds TNT sandwich
hunters and gatherers collect the booty
precious iron ore reaped, sorted and classified
ships carrying iron ore twenty tons or more
sailing the great lakes to the mills of indiana, illinois, and wisconsin
limestone, coke, and the aforementioned ore
get rid of the impurities, that’s what’s needed
we should all do that in ourselves
crushed and heated in the mill
winds of sahara-like superheated air
crank up the blast furnace making liquid iron
give him the signal let it go
molton iron flowing/pouring like beer
ladles on wheels full of liquid steel
add two teaspoons hot iron supplement
fireworks exploding orange crush sparks fly high
fed by boiler house steam so hot WHISSSH! cut you right in two boy
slabs of steel so unreal here’s the deal
hot metal to cold steel beyond the real
cattle car to and fro for the average joe
shift is over another day
members of the local 1020 sit at the bar
drinking well-deserved beers and snowshoes
