Текст (слова) песни: Genesis - Driving The Last Spike

In the early 1800s, large groups of mainly unskilled labourers built Englands Railways. The cost in human terms alone was very high...


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 dont think they knew what for

I sold them my heart
I sold them my soul
I gave everything I had
ah but they couldnt break my spirit
my dignity fought back,
fightback
can you hear me
can you see
Dont you hear me
dont 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
Dont 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
theyd said it was safe, theyd 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
Dont you hear me
dont 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 Ive left behind
still ringing in my ears
Will I ever go back again
Will I ever see her face again
Ill never forget that night
As they waved goodbye to their fathers

We came from the South,
and we came from the North
with picks and with spades
and a new kind of order
showing no fear of what lies up ahead
Theyll 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 Ive left behind
still ringing in my ears
Well Ill 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
theyll never see the likes of us again

can you hear me
can you see
Dont you hear me
dont you see
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Another Record
Anyway
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Behind The Lines
Blood On The Rooftops
Broadway Melody Of 1974
Calling All Stations
Can-Utility and the Coastliners
Cinema Show
Congo
Counting Out Time
Cuckoo Cocoon
Cul-De-Sac
Dance On A Volcano
Dancing With the Moonlit Knight
Dodo - Lurker
Domino/ Part1:in The Glow Of The Night / Part2:the Last Domino
Dreaming While You Sleep
Driving The Last Spike
Duchess
Dusk
Entangled
Fading Lights
Fireside Song
Firth Of Fifth
Firth On Fifth
Fly On A Windshield
For Absent Friends
Get`em Out By Friday
Guide Vocal
Harlequin
Harold The Barrel
Heathaze
Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist
Hold On My Heart
Home By The Sea
I Know What I Like
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
If That`s What You Need
Illegal Alien
In Hiding
In Limbo
In The Beginning
In The Cage
In The Rapids
In The Wilderness
In Too Deep
Invisible Touch
It
It`s Gonna Get Better
Jesus He Knows Me
Just A Job To Do
Keep It Dark
Land Of Confusion
Like It Or Not
Lilywhite Lilith
Living Forever
Looking For Someone
Los Endos
Mad Man Moon
Mama
Man Of Our Times
Man On The Corner
Me And Sarah Jane
Misunderstanding
More Fool Me
Never A Time
No Reply At All
No Son Of Mine
Not About Us
One Day
One Eyed Hound
One For The Vine
One Man`s Fool
Riding The Scree
Ripples
Robbery, Assault & Battery
Robbery, Assault And Battery
Second Home By The Sea
Seven Stones
ShipWrecked
Silent Gun
Silver Rainbow
Since I Lost You
Small Talk
Squonk
Stagnation
Supper`s Ready
Taking It All Too Hard
Tell Me Why
That`s All
The Battle Of Epping Forest
The Carpet Crawl
The Carpet Crawlers
The Chamber Of 32 Doors
The Cinema Show
The Colony Of Slipperman (Arrival
The Conqueror
The Dividing Line
The Fountain Of Salmacis
The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging
The Knife
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
The Lamia
The Light Dies Down on Broadway
The Musical Box
The Musical Box (Closing Section)
The Return Of The Giant Hogweed
The Serpent
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Time Table
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
Turn It On Again
Uncertain Weather
Visions Of Angels
Watchers Of The Skies
Way Of The World
Where The Sour Turns Sweet
White Mountain
Who Dunnit?
Window
Your Own Special Way