I wonder how I wonder why   Without this factory could we ever survive   I wonder who I wonder where   Are faring better than those around here   I left my home and I said my goodbyes   I traveled safely though some met their demise   I work all day I work into the night   I've joined the union and I'm all right      Now I lay me down to work   I pray my soul won't get there first   If I should die before I make it back home   Please carry me home      I share this cellar with five of my friends   When the big bell rings our day's at an end   We clear our throats from the dusty air   The machinery's din we always hear      Now I lay me down to work   I pray my soul won't get there first   If I should die before I make it back home   Now we take ourselves to drink   Our minds and bodies too tired to think   If we should die before I make it back home   Please carry me home      Late at night as I lay in my bed   With the factory's lights dancing over my head   They light this whole damn town,   They light this whole damn place   Even when we sleep do we fall from grace?