I cleared the rocks and
timber from the wild
New
England shore,
I labored long and hard to make it grow.
I built the first log cabins and I
raised a family, told
King
George and all his redcoats where to go.
I'm the man that built the bridges, I'm the man that laid the track,
I'm the man that built this country with my shoulders and my back.
I'm the man that built the
power dams and oiled all the cars
And I laid down the cornerstone
for this great land of ours
I'm the boy that drove the wagons
when the people headed west
Dug canals and pulled the barges on their way
I built and ran the factories,
cut the timber for your homes
Drove the oxen when I
cut and baled the hay
I'm the man that built the bridges
I'm the man that laid the track
I'm the man that built this country
with my shoulders and my back
I'm the man that built the
power dams and oiled all the cars
And I laid down the cornerstone
for this great land of ours
I built the old sod shanties and I
raised the prairie towns
I made the railroad run from sea to sea
I raised and drove the cattle
to feed a growing land
And the mining towns are
there because of me
I'm the man that built the bridges, I'm the man that laid the track,
I'm the man that built this country with my shoulders and my back
I'm the man that built the power dams and oiled all the cars,
and I laid down the cornerstone for this great land of ours
I stoked the mighty furnaces and rolled the flame and steel,
I operated oil rigs and wells
And when the country needed them,
I built the planes and tanks
To send the tyrants down to frying hell
I'm the man that built the bridges,
I'm the man that laid the track I'm the man that built this country with my shoulders and my back
I'm the man that built the
power dams and oiled all the cars
And I laid down the cornerstone
for this great land of ours
Well, my face may not be pretty and
my clothes are not the best
And there ain't no big shots
in my family tree
But if you're wondering who it
was that made this country great
You don't have to look no further,
it was me
I'm the man that built the bridges,
I'm the man that laid the track I'm the man that built this country with my shoulders and my back
I'm the man that built the power
dams and oiled all the cars
And I laid down the cornerstone
for this great land of ours