Rock the Machine

I'm losing will, love
My hands are soft as cotton gloves
Machine is eating up my job
My meaning, my cause

Machine with the strength of a hundred men
Can't feed and clothe my children
Can't greet a sailor coming in
Or know of desperation

I shovel coal down Spencer's Dock
I took you, dear, in to wedlock
And you did bear us a beautiful flock
River rock the machine down on the dock
River rock the machine until it stops

Oh, low Liffey, show me gold
Like a heron, I will go
Oh, roaring Liffey, when you're high
Like a cormorant, I will dive

And the gold will glow, and I will rise
We're gold enough to win back time
We're gold enough to win back pride
River rock the machine until it dies

Today, dear, I'm unemployed
Before I spoke you read my eyes
I feared over nothing, or no one
But I feel old and I'm so young

I miss the graft, I miss the boys
I plead for purpose in the void
Time is inward, ticking tighter
I wish my load was a mountain lighter

I shovel coal down Spencer's dock
I took you, dear, in to wedlock
And you did bear us a beautiful flock
River rock the machine down on the dock
River rock the machine until it stops

Oh, low Liffey, show me gold
Like a heron, I will go
Oh, roaring Liffey when you're high
Like a cormorant, I will dive

And the gold will glow, and I will rise
We're gold enough to win back time
We're gold enough to win back pride
River rock the machine until it dies

River rock the machine down on the docks
River rock the machine until it stops



Credits
Writer(s): Lisa Catherine O'neill
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