Clang, clang! There goes life,
Clang, clang! Drum and fife,
Clang, clang! Angry strife.
There goes life, scaring me!
Clang, clang! With their din
Clang, clang! Storms will bring
Clang, clang! Calm within
To the sky’s fevered plea…
Clang, clang! Factory floor
Clang, clang! Coalmine’s core
Clang, clang! Drum the score
With tools of industry.
Clang, clang! Underground
Clang, clang! Onward bound
Clang, clang! Every sound
Chimes with my misery!
Your arms at night can restore all my poise,
I need so much to forget all this noise!
Bring me respite from this hell I despise…
Make me a patch of paradise…
Clang, clang! Voices call,
Clang, clang! Never stall,
Clang, clang! Till the squall
Tops the wall like a sea.
Clang, clang! It collides,
Clang, clang! It derides,
Clang, clang! Overrides
All my heart sought to flee.
Clang, clang! It’s no use
Clang, clang! Calling truce,
Clang, clang! Its abuse
Sounds a wild jamboree!
Clang, clang! Down I creep
Clang, clang! Buried deep
Clang, clang! In the heap,
Please my love, rescue me…
Clang, clang!
Clang, clang!
Clang, clang!