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Chorus
working all day
working all night
working while Im sleeping
yeah Im working alright
working up a sweat
I'm working down to the bone
always feels like your working
when your working all alone
working for some money
working just to pay the man
working til the day I die
I really don't understand
I keep working
just keep working
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sometimes I even end up with a dollar -all for myself
but most times its gone...before I even have a dime
other times, well I just head on down HWY 47...and I make sure everyone around me is having a damn good time
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one time I got a call from the man down at the National Bank in who You Gonna trust or something.. and He was saying that all my money was gonna be theirs
I just laughed to myself, had another swallow and that's right... I went right back to work
bridge
ooh, workings what we do
ooh we never figure who ooh
just do what we do
it's just what we do
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Working on short time standing in a long line
I get what I got with my two hands like my dad I'm a working man
Life for me is hard it seems
But I can tell you
That I'm living the dream
All I ever wanted was to travel cross the land
Write a bunch of songs and play the guitar in a band
Everyone looked down on me
Said man you're crazy
They just couldn't believe
It's my life and I'm doing fine
I got this job work all the time
I drive all through the country
And I make a lot of friends
I love to play my music
On a road that never ends
Being gone a lot is really tough when you have kids
I miss out on the little things that turn them into men
I hope they try to understand
And don't resent me, I do the best that I can
I learned a long time ago you just can't have it all
Figure out what you can do then go and have a ball
Take in every breath you breathe
And keep on going, you just gotta believe
It's my life and I'm doing fine
I got this job i work all the time
I drive all through the country
And I make a lot of friends
I love to play my music
On a road that never ends
The best part of being gone
is knowing I am coming home to you
When we turn the van around and we are heading back to town
I can't wait to walk into our room
I'll see you soon.
It's my life and I'm doing fine
I got this job i work all the time
I drive all through the country
And I make a lot of friends
I love to play my music
On a road that never ends
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A boy of 6, a bag of sticks
He just found laying there
He thought he'd try to get up high
Wanted to catch some air
He tied some sheets between the sticks
He planned to make it sail
He climbed the highest hill
This is crazy, but it just might work
This is crazy, but it just might work
I'll be thrilled, but I might hit the dirt
This is crazy, but it just might work
A teenage boy, a brand new toy
A gift from some older folks
Some worn-out skin, the shape he's in
He thought he could make some noise
He tied some strings onto the wood
And it began to sing
Imagined he was king
This is crazy, but it just might work
This is crazy, but it just might work
This is thrilling, I don't have the words
This is crazy, but it just might work
A full-grown man, his life began
When he laid down his sword
He stopped the fight, he made it right
Forgot what there was before
He walked directly to the light
He rolled the stone away
I thought I heard him say
This is crazy, but it just might work
This is crazy, but it just might work
This is thrilling, but I might get hurt
This is crazy, but it just might work
This is crazy, but it just might work
This is crazy, but it just might work
I'll be thrilled, but I might hit the dirt
This is crazy, but it just might work
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Corky - On The Railroad
04:05
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On The Railroad
Come the mornin’
Come the sunrise
I’m a long way
From the day
On the railroad
By the river
I must work hard
To earn my pay
I earn my pay
I earn my pay
For the man now
I must pay
Though I’m aching
In my body
I must work hard
And do my time
Do my time, man
Do my time
They say I’m guilty
I’ll do my time
On the railroad
By the river
I am guilty
I’ll do my time
One day my Lord
One day my Lord
He will come and set me free
But for now, Lord
I’ll swing this hammer
This heavy hammer
Until I’m free
Until I’m free
Until I’m free
West Virginia
Won’t set me free
In the mountain
By the river
On the railroad
I can’t be free
Oh that Devil
Oh that Devil
You know that Devil
He’s waiting for me
But when I finally
Lay down my hammer
Lord please send that devil from me
Lord please send that Devil away from me
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the pebble on the blacktop strikes the steel
the spring unloaded
pierces the pan rod
forever run roughshod
the axle to the rotor breaks the spin
and the contact
rejecting the motion
dissolving emotion
we won't live in doubt
we can't work it out
no voice left to shout
we can't work it out
the mercies of the shocks exhausted full
there's no crash pad
our imminent soft spot
no time for a last thought
the fulcrum bears the effort and the load
and we're airborne
the force of the ballast
the hearts in the balance
too hard to let you
die away
but you were gone already
anyway
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Albus- Child Labor
02:45
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The labor's been divided up inside this house
It starts with me but ends with my spouse
I think it's time we find a compromise
Before resentment turns to hate
It's time we delegate
Let's do ourselves a favor
And make some child labor
Imagine us all around the table
There's no prep cuz we'll have them cooking just as soon as they're able
There's no quandary with the laundry cuz their little hands wash and fold
So fresh and so clean
No more takin' out the trash
No more cutting all the grass,
I've been savin' on my paper
Glass of scotch like don draper
Now that we finally delegate the work
You might think I sound like a jerk
Havin' kids do the work -its just a little perk
Besides it cost a quarter mill just to raise a kid these days
No I didn't make up that stat, it's from the department of agriculture
Four kids is a cool mill y'all
Oh, I better get my money's worth
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AG Y'all - Let's Work
02:20
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Summer is over Close up the pool
Sharpen your pencils Go back to school
No more excuses kick into first
Move fast Let's work
No no, dreaming my life away
Time is on my side
Why are you worrying
Not gonna pass you by
No time for sleeping get outta bed
Life of the party full speed ahead
Where's your motivation man
Last is worst
No no, dreaming my life away
Time is on my side
Why are you worrying
Not gonna pass you by
Needed a little break
To stop and rest my eyes
Why are u rushing me
What's on your mind?
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Letters sent, no money saved for rent
a picture of dad from the war
Dirty pans and nothing to clean our hands
coal dust is all that I know
you got labor pains and thats all she wrote
I got a belly full of black lung and a head full of smoke
And there's nothing but losing this time
We can save up for years, or I can drink for a dime
For we called out the plague
and No one is safe
White damp is all that surrounds me
Stale bread on the table for us
Giving life but we are still lifeless
A quarter, a Penny, a gun
She'll be lucky to make it to five
And I won't speak her name til the day that I die
And there's nothing but losing this time
We should kill her off quickly, before she buries us alive
For we called out the plague
and No one is safe
This ain't no life to be had
a broken down bed
a pile of hand me down clothes
Make it right make it all pass tonight
there'll be bones in the water for you
Longwall ain't no life for me
I'll be left with the toxins and a struggle to breath
And there's nothing but losing this time
We can save up for years, or I can drink for a dime
For we called out the plague
and No one is safe
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