Is there a nationality 'Hawaiian/Canadian'? Well actually I'm a full fledged Canadian but do love our alternate home in Hawai'i. A Musician all my life, I now finally have the time and am in the right place to get some of the songs I've had in me out to the world, rather than just in my head (are they really in there, or am I in the Matrix?)
Story behind the song
Visiting the Hoover Dam and learning the story behind its beginnings, it’s hard not to feel the dedication all those workers must have felt.
Lyrics
In Scorching heat the dream began, 3 million tons of earth and sand, Pushing tunnels through the sand, To tame this River. I’m leaving Ragtown for the Dam, Another day for Uncle Sam, Black Canyon’s taken all I am. Concrete and Steel, Buckets and wheels, and the labor of some men like me, that feel, We Work with Gravity, and Intensity, and we’re gonna see it through, This job is Killin’ me, but it’s my Legacy, This one’s from Me to You. With Calloused Hands and Hearts and Souls, We live a Story Seldom Told, It was a Vision that was Bold, To Tame that River, with Concrete and Steel, and the Labor of some Men like me, that feel, We Work with Gravity, and Intensity, and we’re gonna see it through, This Job is Killing me, but it’s my Legacy, This one’s from me to you.
