[Verse 1]
I lace up before the sun
Hard hat still marked with sweat
Climb that pole like a prayer
With climbing gaffs ready to get
I.B.E.W. on my back
1547 on my chest
If the storm wants to test me
I’ll meet it with the rest
[Pre-Chorus]
Hands raw, eyes sharp
Lines hum in the rain
One bad splice can black out
Half a county in pain
So I check it twice
Then I check it again
[Chorus]
I.B.E.W. 1547
We pull the dark apart
I.B.E.W. 1547
Union work, iron heart
(iron heart)
When the wires start singing
We stand and we go
I.B.E.W. 1547
That’s the road I know
[Verse 2]
I’m a union electrician
With a tool belt worn thin
I run conduit through the cold
And I grin when the sparks begin
I’m a communication hand
Laying fiber line, knee-deep mud
Splicing truth through the noise
With a scarred-up pair of gloves
[Pre-Chorus]
Crew on the tailgate
Coffee gone black
Mud on the boots
No looking back
From the service yard
To the ridge-line bend
We earn every mile
And we make it mend
[Chorus]
I.B.E.W. 1547
We pull the dark apart
I.B.E.W. 1547
Union work, iron heart
(iron heart)
When the wires start singing
We stand and we go
I.B.E.W. 1547
That’s the road I know
[Bridge]
Thunder on the tin roof
Wind at the gate
We don’t fold easy
We don’t run from fate
From the first snapped pin
To the last switched phase
We built this backbone
In the hard-earned haze
[Final Chorus]
I.B.E.W. 1547
We pull the dark apart
I.B.E.W. 1547
Union work, iron heart
(iron heart)
When the wires start singing
We stand and we go
I.B.E.W. 1547
That’s the road I know
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