Far Away Boys

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[Verse]
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Well I worked on the railroad for two pence a day
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Drank down one penny, the other I’d save
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I hammered and I hammered, for God knows how long
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Well into madness with each setting sun
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I put my head down and I dreamt you were here
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With me by the ol’ tree where no one could care

[Chorus]

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Far away boys, far away boys, away from ya now
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I’m lyin’ with my sweetheart, in her arms I’ll be found

[Verse]
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Then the sun belched upon me, you were no longer here
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Lyin’ in your place was my hammer and my gear
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So I stamped out the fire that kept us both warm
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The ashes were fallin’ like the snow drops of old
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We came to a mountain, dynamite and she’ll blow
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A big hole in that rock like the one in my soul

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[Chorus]
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Far away boys, far away boys, away from ya now
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I’m lyin’ with my sweetheart, in her arms I’ll be found

[Verse]
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We buried four workmen; they dug themselves well
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From four empty coffins to four early graves
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They’re only paddies, just paddies; don’t dig them too deep
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You’ll need all your strength, boys, and they’re replaced easily
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With the heat I was melting into your sweet lips
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Ah, your kiss takes me back, takes me back from all this

[Chorus]

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Far away boys, far away boys, away from ya now
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I’m lyin’ with my sweetheart, in her arms I’ll be found

[Verse]
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Someone said it was Christmas but not a tree was in sight
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The only thing growin’ was my will to die
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Till the gaffer said “Men, your work here is done”
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I said “I’ll see you in Hell, on that train we died for”
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Never again will I smell your sweet dream
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But a pissed stained old gutter where your lips used to be

[Chorus]

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Far away boys, far away boys, away from ya now
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I’m lyin’ with my sweetheart, in her arms I’ll be found