Nearer To God Lyrics - Beautiful South

(M. Greaves) 

I work in the steel mills 

Where the sun never shines 

The pounding of hammers is all mine 

And I've sailed this wide ocean 

For money and cod 

So far from my loved ones 

But nearer to God 

So sing a song for the working man 

And I'll sing you a love song 

And my name's Wild Bob Conroy 

I'm a hard man of old 

Now I'm a drinker 

Coming in from the cold 

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I fought for the fighting 

And I fought for a wage 

And I fight for survival 

Like most men my age 

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