Working On The Highway

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Friday night's pay night guys 
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fresh out of work
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Talking about the weekend 
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scrubbing off the dirt
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Some heading home to their 
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families some looking to get hurt
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Some going down to Stovell 
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wearing trouble on their shirts
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I work for the county out on 95
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All day I hold a red flag and 
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watch the traffic pass me by
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In my head I keep a picture of a 
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pretty little miss
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Someday mister I'm gonna lead a 
better life than this

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Working on the highway laying down 
the blacktop
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Working on the highway all day long 
I don't stop
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Working on the highway blasting 
through the bedrock            ( 2x 
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Working on the highway, working on
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 the highway

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I met her at a dance down at the 
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union hall
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She was standing with her brothers
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 back up against the wall
Continúa después del anuncio
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Sometimes we'd go walking down the 
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union tracks
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One day I looked straight at her 
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and she looked straight back

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Working on the highway laying down 
the blacktop
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Working on the highway all day long 
I don't stop
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Working on the highway blasting 
through the bedrock            ( 2x 
)
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Working on the highway, working on
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 the highway

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Saved up my money and I put it all 
away
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I went to see her daddy but we 
didn't have much to say
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"Son can't you see that she's just a
 little girl
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She don't know nothing about this 
cruel cruel world"

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We lit out down to Florida we got 
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along all right
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One day her brothers came and got 
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her and they took me in a black and 
white
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The prosecutor kept the promise 
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that he made on that day
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And the judge got mad and he put 
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me straight away
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I wake up every morning to the 
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work bell clang
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Me and the warden go swinging on the
 Charlotte County road gang

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Working on the highway laying down 
the blacktop
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Working on the highway all day long 
I don't stop
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Working on the highway blasting 
through the bedrock            ( 2x 
)
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Working on the highway, working on
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 the highway

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Working on the highway laying down 
the blacktop
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Working on the highway all day long 
I don't stop
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Working on the highway blasting 
through the bedrock
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Working on the highway, working on 
the highway

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