Gary

[Verse]

Kaiser of steel

Steam ship and wheel

Master of land and ocean

Owner of souls

Railroad and coals

Let us address you, devotion

[Bridge]

Harken, oh king

Listen, oh thing

Softly we sing, and low

[Chorus]

Oh, what a pal was Gary

Oh, what a pal was he

Time rambles on

Hush, we are gone

Gary, almighty dream

[Verse]

Driven of steel

Glowing red, unreal

Down in the cold river furnace

Shearing a brume

Uncaring, a tomb

Through the toil and skirmish

[Bridge]

12 hours a day

All work, without play

That's why we sing, and low

[Chorus]

Oh, what a pal was Gary

Oh, what a pal was he

Time rambles on

Pretty soon, we're all gone

Gary, almighty dream

[Verse]

Like a tended cigar

Smokestacks and bars

For those workers and hires

Sparks, slag and stench

And our smoke-battered friends

Home of the Jackson Five

[Bridge]

Gary, I hope that you're proud

Of the smoke, and the stink, and the cloud

[Chorus]

Oh, what a pal was Gary

Oh, what a pal was he

Time rambles on

Pretty soon, we're all gone

Gary, infernal dream