Ilium Works

Hard time at the Ilium Works.
Keep machines in line ‘til my finger hurts.
Pushing buttons to make the American way.
Hard times for an Engineer.
Keep machines in line nearly sixteen years.
Still my pencil is strong after pushing this long.
But I know that something could change.
Hard times in an Engineer’s life
When his engineered world mixes with a wife.
And she makes me a martini.
But she don’t even see me.
And I’m sure that something could change.
Anita needs this job to come thought.
But I don’t know, I don’t know if I do.
Well, if I don’t, the offer’s going away.
Kroner says that I’m the right man.
But I don’t know, I don’t know if I can.
So don’t put all your Pittsburg plans on me.
Ilium Works (Live)
Hard times at the Ilium Works.
Keep machines in line ‘til my finger hurts.
It’s a hard earned time in an Engineer’s life
when his engineered world mixes with a wife.
And she sings so sweet when I bring home the stuff.
Man, my life’s been good to me, but not good enough.
I know that something could change.