Beads of sweat cascade from skin Sinews punch as pistons The furnace hungers It's palate honed to men Enlisted for wrist strength and persistence Wor Jackie Then bellows weep and fire burns cold Grafters enrolled upon coal flats Good men, each worthy of blue plaques Wield a blunted pickaxe and poll tax Some live by steel And some steal a living Diligent gentlemen divent What is the grafter's prize? Wor jackie? What is his prize, Wor Jackie? More baccy in his pouch More stripes on his trackies Look at me Wor Jackie Asbestos in his lungs Lead buried 'neath his fingertip Tooth and nail Indentations on the surface of skin Read messages of betrayal in braille Wor Jackie Steel arches to mock his spinal abnormality No break from the back breaking labour He makes ships, but he is drowning I make ships, but I am drowning I am drowning Wor Jackie I am drowning Wor Jackie Wor Jackie