Out on the rumpky western coast
In Vancouver by the sea
At a place that's known as second narrows
They were building a bridge of steel

They hammered and cut and they rivited 
And the welders torches were bright
They were making a strap on the rivers back
And the river started to fight

Let me tell you about
Steel men, working on a bridge to cross a that water
Steel men, working on a bridge of steel
Steel men, working on a bridge to cross a that water
Steel men, working on a bridge of steel

But it happened on the eighteenth day of june
In nineteen fifty eight
The people distructed from the shore
The day were getting late

Oh the wind was a tugging at the maple trees
But a steel man knows no fear
If somebody wanted a bridge to persipi
A steel man would be there

Oh lord
Steel men, working on a bridge to cross a that water
Steel men, working on a bridge of steel
Steel men, working on a bridge to cross a that water
Steel men, working on a bridge of steel

Well all of a sudden the wind picked up
And it blew as hard as it could
And the steel bridge said oh to eck with it
And it broke like a piece of wood

Ao the girders buckled and the rivets broke
And the water heard the cry
And the steel shook of those rookie men
Like an mongrel shakes a fly

Eighteen men as hard as nails
Eager as a young bride
And it was going on the quarter to four
When at second narrows they died

Oh lord
Steel men, working on a bridge to cross a that water
Steel men, working on a bridge of steel
Steel men, ain't going back to our grandaughter
Steel men, living and dying by steel
Steel men.....
