Lyrics More Than Money - Seth Lakeman

A breaker's life is solid til the fire burns away,
Every day is danger's way of sharpening up the blade,
Those tunnels play those tricks on you, heed no hopeless tale,
Keep your hand upon the hammer and your eye upon the scale.

With all this trouble ended now these men will have their rights,
After many years of bondage, digging days and digging nights,
This honest weight of labour, bold breakers never fail,
Keep your hand upon the hammer and your eye upon the scale.

Cause more than money can weigh you down,
More than money can dig new ground.

Let no union man be weakened by the papers' false reports,
You can't read or write when you work all
Night, and you fight for freedom's cause,
Raise the rhythm, drive the drill in, ride that rusty nail,
Keep your hand upon the hammer and your eye upon the scale.

More than money can weigh you down,
More than money can dig new ground,
More than money can weigh you down,
More than money can dig new ground.

You've been docked and flogged and
Shocked my boys, you've been loading two-to-one,
Spilling carts and falling sparks slicing up your lungs,
Overalls and cans for rockers and your shanties sleep on rails,
Keep your hand upon the hammer and your eye upon the scale.

Cause more than money can weigh you down,
More than money can dig new ground.
Cause more than money can weigh you down,
More than money can dig new ground.

Bear a lonely witness to these images of time,
Meat and muscle, trade and hustle, reap those dirty rhymes,
No quick returns as daylight burns these tears of sweat prevail,
Keep your hand upon the hammer and your eye upon the scale.

More than money can weigh you down,
More than money can dig new ground,
More than money can weigh you down,
More than money can dig new ground.