Chique Geek - Broke Leg Blues

Proud Blast Furnace Operations
Big steel's very own foundations
General labor, lowest rung
In the bowels, where you're flung
Rail cars spillin' ore you see
Keep them skip-cars movin' free
Shovel heavy pellet ore
Till your aching to your core

Got a little limp, got a little gimp
Hitchy giddy upin' wimp
Not complainin' this ain't news
Just a case of broke-leg blues

Keepers helper then to settle
Cast floor inferno white hot metal
Linin' runners refractory clay
Pull them gates the keeper's way
Tap that furnace drill that hole
Movin' molten iron goal
Bottle car waits down below
Like volcano lava flow

Got a little limp, got a little gimp
Hitchy giddy upin' wimp
Not complainin' this ain't news
Just a case of broke-leg blues

Movin' up, to Millwright might
Wrench-n-torch welcome sight
Climb that riggin' burn that bolt
Fix conveyors coal dust, smoke
Climbin' here, fixin' there
Hundreds feet up in the air
Furnace shut down, real work starts
Time is money replacin' parts

Got a little limp, got a little gimp
Hitchy giddy upin' wimp
Not complainin' this ain't news
Just a case of broke-leg blues

Night shift freezin' bone cold brute
Hopper side plate blockin' chute
Coal dust slick only slippin'
Danglin' rope plate a kickin'
Door is free no climbin' out
Slidin' through the open route
Bad mistake I tell you true
Hell breaks loose as if on cue

Got a little limp, got a little gimp
Hitchy giddy upin' wimp
Not complainin' this ain't news
Just a case of broke-leg blues

Chute door's a-comin' down
Eerie funk hydraulic sound
Can't slide out, worst to dread
Thinkin' fast or end up dead
Thighs against chute door edge
12-inch wrench ta maybe wedge
Femurs break, dreadful thud
So dang cold not much blood

Got a little limp, got a little gimp
Hitchy giddy upin' wimp
Not complainin' this ain't news
Just a case of broke-leg blues

Can't describe the agony
Cannot find the valve to free
Twenty minutes crushin' weight
Can't explain the lucky fate
Skip-car below frightful sight
Clutch that rope oh so tight
Grab that belt so much pain
Lifted out by a human chain

Got a little limp, got a little gimp
Hitchy giddy upin' wimp
Not complainin' this ain't news
Just a case of broke-leg blues

Feelin' blessed and lucky every day
Thankful for legs any way
Not complainin' this ain't news
Just a case of broke-leg blues
Hah hah hah hah
Yeah
Ahhhh....watch me dance now
Hah hah

Written by:
David Menter

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