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A great Brian McNeill song called Steel Man that I think you'll enjoy:
Come and stand, said the poor man, in the shadow of Carnegie
He left the shores of Fife without a penny to his name
But he ended his days drinking wine with lords and ladies
And across the wide Atlantic, my sons can do the same
And the small boy looked up, at the statue on the hill
At the gaze of the hard hollow eyes
Hard enough to forge ambition from a poor man's will
And cold enough to temper it with lies...
Cold as steel
Take the iron in his soul for steel
Make the iron horses roll on steel
Far out across the land
And to teach the poor of Scotland how proud they could stand
How many men's lives did he steal?
Come and stand, said the teacher, in the shadow of Carnegie,
He gave palaces of learning to the sons of the poor
And even in the churches you can hear the people pray
That when the Lord's gifts are gone, Carnegie's will endure
And the small boy asked, how the palace could be built
With hardship and poverty for walls
When the greed of the giver mortars every stone with guilt
And guilt's the coldest charity of all...
Cold as steel
Take the iron in his soul for steel
Make the iron horses roll on steel
Far out across the land
And to place the seed of learning in a small boy's hand
How many men's lives did he steal?
Come and stand, said the worker, in the shadow of Carnegie
And sweat your purchase worse than any tongue can tell
A pittance of a wage is all he ever paid me
And I hope he's burning yet in the deepest pit of Hell
And the small boy asked, as he listened to the cry
How the man could be raised ever higher
If Carnegie was so bad, why did no lightning come
To cast him down into the fire...
Hot as steel
Take the iron in his soul for steel
Make the iron horses roll on steel
Far out across the land
And to make himself the equal of the great and the grand
how many men's lives did he steal?
Lay the soul of a poor man on the anvil of ambition
Watch the hammer blows come down, and think before you blame
Is it any wonder he's halfway to Perdition
When the hand of Compassion pulls his heart from the flames
How many broken hearts can build a Carnegie Hall?
Better not to recon by far
But beware when you see the likes of Carnegie fall
For a giant falls heavy and hard...
Hot as steel
Take the iron in his soul for steel
Make the iron horses roll on steel
Far out across the land
And to make himself a god unto his poor fellow man
How many men's lives did he steal?
Steel Man
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