There's a steel mill, shut down when spring came
My dad worked his life there
I was doing the same

Now I don't know what to do with my days
The kingdom comes to workmen
So the preacher he says

cnd there's voices, sometimes well you know
and the devil comes a knockin'
when the money gets low

Sing with me please. Oh da lee Oh da la Oh da lee.

Oh it's not like I liked working there
the fire and the shovel
the smoke in my hair

Oh but lord, it's all I know
I miss being needed
Having somewhere to go

cnd there's voices, sometimes well you know
and the devil comes a knockin'
when the bottle gets low

Sing with me please. Oh da lee. Oh da la. Oh da lee.

There's a woman who gave me the will
cnd her name is Gracie
She believes in my still

cnd my name is Joseph
But it could well be Job
I don't mean to harm you
With the hurt that I hold

Cause it's a story
Told around every bend
c man works his heart out
cnd is broke in the end.

So sing with me please. Oh da lee. Oh da la. Oh da lee.
Sing with me please. Oh da lee.

There's a steel mill shut down when spring came.
Dad gave his life there, I was doing the same.

There was a steel mill shut down when spring came
I gave my life there
suppose I'd do it again