โหลดเพลง mp3 Driving The Last Spike (2007 Digital Remaster) - Genesis

Driving The Last Spike (2007 Digital Remaster) - Genesis
Leaving my family behind me

Not knowing what lay ahead

Waving goodbye, as I left them in tears
Remembering all wed said

I looked to the sky, I offered my prayers
I asked him for guidance and strength

But the simple beliefs of a simple man

Lay in his hands, and on my head

I gave everything that they wanted

But still they wanted more

We sweat and we toiled
Good men lost their lives
I don't think they knew what for

I sold them my heart
I sold them my soul
I gave everything I had

Ah but they couldn't break my spirit

My dignity fought back,

Fightback

Can you hear me
Can you see
Don't you hear me
Don't you see

We worked in gangs for all we were worth
The young boys pulling the wagons

We were digging the tunnel, shifting the earth
It was then that it happened.

No-one knew how the cracks appeared
But as it fell they all disappeared
Stone fell like rain
Can you hear me,
Can you see
Don't you hear me
Can you breathe

The smoke cleared, the dust it settled

No one knew how many had died

All around there were broken men

They'd said it was safe, they'd lied

You could hear the cries, you could smell the fear

But good fortune that day was mine

And it occurred to me the heart of a good man

It seems is hard to find.

Can you hear me,
Can you see

Don't you hear me

Don't you see

We worked, how we worked like
The devil for our pay

Through the wind, through the snow,

And through the rain

Blasting and cutting through gods country like a knife

Sweat stinging my eyes, there has to be a better life

Ah but I can hear my childrens cry

I can see the tears in their eyes

Memories of those I've left behind

Still ringing in my ears

Will I ever go back again

Will I ever see her face again

I'll never forget that night

As they waved goodbye to their fathers

We came from the north,
And we came from the south

With picks and with spades
And a new kind of order

Showing no fear of what lies up ahead
They'll never see the likes of us again

Driving the last spike,
Lifting and laying the track

With blistering hands,

The sun burning your back

Oh but I can hear my childrens cry

I can see the tears in their eyes

Memories of those I've left behind

Still ringing in my ears

Well I'll always remember that night,
As they waved goodbye to their fathers

We followed the rail, we slept under the stars

Digging in darkness, and living with danger

Showing no fear of what lies up ahead
They'll never see the likes of us again

Can you hear me
Can you see
Don't you hear me
Don't you see