From the recording Parts and Labor

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In the early part of the 20th century unions were ascendant, and union fight songs were written to fuel the movement. I like those songs.

Lyrics

I live in the cool of the still night air
I live in the hollow of a dead man's stare
If you step outside on a night like this be careful where you roam
There's trouble on the wind
and ghosts on the road
You're a long long way from home

A sterno can by the campfire light
A union song and a union fight
the watchman's lamp
swings to and fro
In my rattlin' bones I know
There's trouble on the wind
and ghosts on the road
You're a long long way from home

The boss man's eye is on the door
There's movement on the factory floor
restless times
breed restless men
We'll march when the whistle blows
There's trouble on the wind
and ghosts on the road
You're a long long way from home

Work boots dangle from a flat bed truck
A poet's soul
And a dead man's luck
This whole thing blows at half past 10
Do you know which side you’re on?
There's trouble on the wind
and ghosts on the road
You're a long long way from home

We live in the black of a moonless night
We live in the struggle of the union fight
We live where this life has a price
That's paid with flesh and bone
There's trouble on the wind
and ghosts on the road
You're a long long way from home