steel

steel
i think of steel
and holy cold detroit
with its winds
and cars glistenin commin offa lines
and jack ridin in em across rollin hills
and insanely flat and large spaces

steel
i think of steel
and how the west was won
by smith
and that house out in california
that his wife built
cuz all those ghosts just kept tellin her to keep buildin
and how that steel was pressed into
the shape of death
and how steel is beutiful
in the right light
and how death is beutiful
in the right light
and how we're all so beutiful
in the right light

steel
i think of steel
and buildings
so strong and tall
and straight as
the horizons
they erupt from
and all those saintly iron workers
building america
building america
girder by girder

and the bridges spanning
and the train tracks runnin off
silently
and Bethlehem rusting

steel
i think of steel
and history
and romance
and steel