Yesterday's Men Songtext
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Yesterday's Men Songtext
′Twas Joey the weasel that gave us the wire
They were closin' our factory down
Though we didn′t believe him and we called him a liar
The redundancy letters came 'round
As we read them in silence, I choked back a tear
It was hard to believe after twenty-odd years
Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates
Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic
Oh, we gave them our best years, now they've paid us back
By makin′ us yesterday′s men, sure as hell
By makin' us yesterday′s men
So we said our goodbyes by the factory gates
One cold friday evening last year
And I saw it all there in the eyes of me mates
The anger, the sadness, the fear
Like our fathers before us, we worked there with pride
Now we fought back the bitterness burning inside
Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates
Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic
Oh, we gave them our best years, now they've paid us back
By makin′ us yesterday's men, sure as hell
By makin′ us yesterday's men
"Now, Jimmy", said she, "Give the kids a few bob"
"After all, sure it is friday night"
But how could I tell her I was out of a job
From now on things were gonna be tight
How well I remember it cut like a knife
I was never a day on the dole in my life
Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates
Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic
Oh, we gave them our best years, now they've paid us back
By makin′ us yesterday′s men, sure as hell
By makin' us yesterday′s men
The machines now are silent, the workbenches bare
And there's dust on the factory floor
They′ve boarded the windows and have chained up the gates
And they've padlocked the factory door
And I′m on the scrap-heap, and I'm 39
Just one of the hundreds shot down in my prime
Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates
Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic
Oh, we gave them our best years, now they've paid us back
By makin′ us yesterday′s men, sure as hell
By makin' us yesterday′s men
Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates
Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic
Oh, we gave them our best years, now they've paid us back
By makin′ us yesterday's men, sure as hell
By makin′ us yesterday's men
They were closin' our factory down
Though we didn′t believe him and we called him a liar
The redundancy letters came 'round
As we read them in silence, I choked back a tear
It was hard to believe after twenty-odd years
Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates
Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic
Oh, we gave them our best years, now they've paid us back
By makin′ us yesterday′s men, sure as hell
By makin' us yesterday′s men
So we said our goodbyes by the factory gates
One cold friday evening last year
And I saw it all there in the eyes of me mates
The anger, the sadness, the fear
Like our fathers before us, we worked there with pride
Now we fought back the bitterness burning inside
Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates
Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic
Oh, we gave them our best years, now they've paid us back
By makin′ us yesterday's men, sure as hell
By makin′ us yesterday's men
"Now, Jimmy", said she, "Give the kids a few bob"
"After all, sure it is friday night"
But how could I tell her I was out of a job
From now on things were gonna be tight
How well I remember it cut like a knife
I was never a day on the dole in my life
Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates
Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic
Oh, we gave them our best years, now they've paid us back
By makin′ us yesterday′s men, sure as hell
By makin' us yesterday′s men
The machines now are silent, the workbenches bare
And there's dust on the factory floor
They′ve boarded the windows and have chained up the gates
And they've padlocked the factory door
And I′m on the scrap-heap, and I'm 39
Just one of the hundreds shot down in my prime
Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates
Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic
Oh, we gave them our best years, now they've paid us back
By makin′ us yesterday′s men, sure as hell
By makin' us yesterday′s men
Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates
Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic
Oh, we gave them our best years, now they've paid us back
By makin′ us yesterday's men, sure as hell
By makin′ us yesterday's men
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