The End of An Age

Miner's out on Strike No Coal to fuel the home fires Or plumes of Industry Outside the Picket gate's The Miner's stood Egged on by Militant Union leaders Selling the deception of better pay That would not see the light of day They waited for That what which was not to come They had met there Waterloo The future was mass consumerism On a global scale Manufacturing and Mining Had seen its day in the Sun The 1990 had begun