The Cinder Track Songtext
von The Changing Room

We′re the men you'll never meet
You′ll never pass us by
The road ahead is not yet built
But will be by and by

In what direction, who can tell
We just go where we're sent
We're the men who built the roads
That never start or end

We gather in the morning
As the gaffer picks his crew
"No work today for you, my lad
But I′ll take you and you

"I need men as strong as steel
To work both night and day
You′ll build two miles of cinder track
Before you'll get your pay."

We′re away
We're away
We′ll lay two miles of cinder track before we get our pay


We're away
We′re away
We'll lay two miles of cinder track before we get our pay

After two miles' travel
He drops us off in town
We find the nearest tavern and we slam our money down
We drink away our aches and pains
And sleep just where we fall
And dream of laying one more mile
Until we get the call

We′re away
We′re away
We'll lay two miles of cinder track before we get our pay

We′re away
We're away
We′ll lay two miles of cinder track before we get our pay

Our hands, they bleed and blister
From boulder, grit, and dirt
Many men have fallen
And they lay deep in the earth


The roads are great and nameless
Marked by silent prayer
And new men come and old men go
And dead men's boots we wear

We′re away
We're away
We'll lay two miles of cinder track before we get our pay

We′re away
We′re away
We'll lay two miles of cinder track before we get our pay

We′re away
We're away
We′ll lay two miles of cinder track before we get our pay

We're away
We′re away
We'll lay two miles of cinder track before we get our pay