When i awoke my wife was gone
down to the kitchen at the break of dawn
I could hear her humming our favorite song
when i awoke at the break of dawn

I kissed her waving frame in the door
to rustle the kids and tend to the chores
last night she whispered let's have one or two more
rustling kids to tend to the chores

I punched in at seven at j.t. mctell
iron and brass hotter than hell
where i cast the clappers of church steeple bells
iron and brass at j.t. mctell

The whistle at four to the bar for a round
quenching the thirst of this old factory town
the lights comes up as the sun goes down
over the bars in this old factory town

As I was sleeping down the rein fell
strike in the streets scatter pell mell
oh I dream of the clamor of all the church bells
cast in iron and brass at j.t. mctell