Chemical Worker's Lament (The Process Man) by LiTHiUM THiEF
4A cover of one of my favorite shanties / work songs. I wanted to get this out for Labor Day, but sadly I'm a day late. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy!
And it's go, boys, go
They'll time your every breath
For every day you're in this place
You're two days nearer death
But you go
Well a process man am I, and I'm telling you no lie
I work and breathe among the fumes that trail across the sky
There's thunder all around me and there's poison in the air
There's a lousy smell that smacks of hell and dust all in me hair
And it's go, boys, go
They'll time your every breath
For every day you're in this place
You're two days nearer death
But you go
Well I've worked among the spinners and I've breathed the oily smoke
I've shoveled up the gypsum and it nigh on makes you choke
I've stood knee deep in cyanide, got sick with a caustic burn
In working rough, I've seen enough to make your stomach turn
And it's go, boys, go
They'll time your every breath
For every day you're in this place
You're two days nearer death
But you go
Well there's overtime and bonus opportunities galore
And young men like their money, and they all come back for more
But soon you're knocking on and you look older than you should
Cos for every bob made on the job, you'll pay in flesh and blood
And it's go, boys, go
They'll time your every breath
For every day you're in this place
You're two days nearer death
But you go
Well a process man am I, and I'm telling you no lie
I work and breathe among the fumes that trail across the sky
There's thunder all around me and there's poison in the air
There's a lousy smell that smacks of hell and dust all in me hair
And it's go, boys, go
They'll time your every breath
For every day you're in this place
You're two days nearer death
But you go