BY
LARRY PENN
The cold winter moon still rises to findA trace of the old Calumet Copper Mine
And the place where the children were waiting inside
For legend to freeze them in time.
The Keweenaw wind blows lonesome and cold
It cuts to the marrow and chills to the soul
With the memory of children like yours and like mine
Too young to be frozen in time
Well I took a trip with old Woody last night
On a ballad he carried me back to the site
It can only be found on the wings of a song
Now that all of these places are gone
The mine and the buildings and the children are gone
But I still hear the strains of Woody's old song
Your lust for green money has no place to hide
Your deed has been frozen in time
The wrecker's ball leaves not a brick upon brick
And the grand balcony's not a stick upon stick
An army would leave not a stone upon stone
But still it's all frozen in time
Well I took a trip.......
For all that we've made with our labor and pain
For all of the progress we ever have gained
The lesson we learn from your greed and your shame
Will always be frozen in time
You can tear down our buildings and haul them away
Tie up our Unions with scab and with chain
Forever our history will always remain
Because it's all frozen in time
Come on take a trip with old Woody tonight
On a ballad he'll carry you back to the site
It can only be found on the wings of a song
Now that all of these places are gone
Larry Penn's Frozen in Time comes from a collection of songs titled "Stickin' With The Union". The collection is comprised of Wisconsin (and U.P.) labor songs.
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