http://ocean.st.usm.edu/~rwspell/rheos/livelyrics.html

A bonus to anyone who knows why this is a hockey song. Hint: If you are a Leaf fan it helps.

HORSES by THE RHEOSTATICS from their Double Live album

                 

                                   HORSES
                               by Dave Bidini

Word came down, it crashed through my door
From the twenty-first floor.
I was thinking about leaving early for lunch
When he told me to shut off my press.
His face turned green, his white shirt was wet
Like he'd just seen an accident.
We threw our masks into a pile.
The trucks pulled away for good.

Holy Mackinaw Joe.

A bus pulled in, I waved at it,
Before I knew what it was.
We ran in its tracks, we were chasing its tires,
But the gates had been riveted shut.
I looked for the foreman: His number was zero.
Down to Red Deer to stay.
We gathered some signs and we sparked up a fire.
That Gordie got burned on the high-voltage wire.

Holy Mackinaw Joe.

The first thing she'll ask me is: "How did it go today?"
And I'll tell her.

I thought there was strength in a union.
I thought there was strength in a mob.
I thought the company was bluffing,
Till they threatened to chop us off.
These signs will wilt, the winter will seize,
All the bonfires will go out.
The company knows when they can afford to be bold.
I wish I could.

Holy Mackinaw Joe.

We are the horses...