The Chimney Shadow

Lyrics: Three thousand meters, the air is thin The smoke is crawling under my skin The Mantaro flows, a silver snake In the valley of iron, where hearts might break From Oroya Antigua to the New Town street I walk with the dust beneath my feet. The giant chimney, it marks the sky Under the clouds, the mountains cry (The mountains cry... the mountains cry...) Oh! Living in the shadow of the metal wall Waiting for the winter or the rain to fall In the heart of Yauli, where the wind is grey Watching all the freight trains roll away It’s a rhythmic life, it’s an iron beat Echoes on the cold and empty street! Carretera Central, the trucks go by Orange lights under a purple sky Pachamanca steam in the freezing night Far from the coast, far from the light I am a ghost in this mining town Where the heavy metal keeps us down. Oh! Living in the shadow of the metal wall Waiting for the winter or the rain to fall In the heart of Yauli, where the wind is grey Watching all the freight trains roll away It’s a rhythmic life, it’s an iron beat Echoes on the cold and empty street! The wind is grey... In the metal wall...