I keep rolling like a wagon wheel
  What keeps me going are these nerves of steel
  And two good hands to keep me clothed and fed
  A pair of feet to stagger to my bed
  A heart of gold and fists of iron
  A tongue of silver that's bought me time
  
  Well I'm a mineral man
  stuck here in the can
  till I oxidise
  Well I'm a guest of the State,
  I'll sit here and wait
  'cos I'm subsidised
  
  When I'm moving like a ton of lead
  There's nothing stops me on the road ahead
  My skin is bronzed from my head to my toes
  people looking everywhere I go
  A heart of gold and fists of iron
  a tongue of silver for to spin some line
  
  Well I'm a mineral man
  stuck here in the can
  till I oxidise
  Well I'm a guest of the State,
  I'll sit here and wait
  till I'm let outside