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Days in the city tied to the iron trade begin before dawn
Silent-faced beneath the hard hats and work-boots
Pounding on the cobblestone
As the long whistle sounds and the shifts begin to change
And the three rivers form a point of reference
For generations of Irish hearts
Iron hands all by the back fence
From the heights of Washington, Mary stands sentinel to the city
[Chorus]
Iron John swirls beer 'round the bottom of a tall glass,
Iron John's got a story
And the nights on Oneida in the summertime
They flicker quick light like the fireflies
I chased down the cobblestone hills into the lights of Olympia
To watch them fade in my hand though I tried hard to save them
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
From the far away posting I'd watch the lights
Swinging out on the helipads
And dream of the lights from the nights I spent
In my American city
From his hands now he's trying harder and harder
To build the things that I will remember
And they don't fade away--not like fireflies
Those nights on Oneida in the summertime
Never Iron John
I carry them everyday
And I know the man who blessed me into this world
And I'd like him to marry me to my girl
In the big house on Oneida in the summertime
- Album:
- Live 25
- Everywhere All the Time
- Miscellaneous
- Playing Off The Board
- Everyone On Everynight
- Whatcha Gonna Do
- Never Too Loud
- Jackopierce
- Live Edge Sessions, Volume I
- Finest Hour
- Decade
- Cities 97 Sampler, Volume 8
- 107.1 KGSR Broadcasts, Volume 2
- Woman As Salvation
- Bringing on the Weather
- Live from the Americas
- How Many Cats Can You Fit in a Bucket?
- KFOG CD Sampler I
- 2004-10-16: The Beaumont Club, Kansas City, MO, USA
- 1997-11-21: The Paradise, Boston, MA, USA