I'm Moving On

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That big eight-wheeler rolling down 
the track
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means your true-loving daddy ain't 
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coming back.
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I'm moving on, I'm moving on,
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you were flying too high, for my 
little old sky,
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and I'm moving on.

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That big loud whistle as it blew and
 blew
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said, hello to the southland, we're
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 coming to you.
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I'm moving on, oh hear my song,
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you had the laugh on me, now I'm 
setting you free,
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and I'm moving on.

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Mister Fireman won't you please 
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listen to me,
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I got a pretty mama in Tennessee.
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Keep moving on, keep rolling on,
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you gotta shovel the coal, let this 
rattler roll,
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and keep moving me on.

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Mister Engineer, take that throttle 
in hand,
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this rattler's the fastest in the 
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southern land,
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to keep moving on, I stayed away 
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too long,

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you gonna ease my mind, and put me 
there on time,
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and keep moving on.

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I've told you, baby, from time to 
time,
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you just wouldn't listen or pay me 
no mind.
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I'm moving on, I'm moving on,
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well, you've broken your vow, and 
it's all over now,
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and I'm moving on.

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You' done switched your engine, now
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 I ain't got time
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for a trifling woman on my main 
line.
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I'm moving on, done your daddy 
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wrong,
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I warned you twice, now you can 
settle the price,
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and keep moving on.

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But someday, baby, when you've had 
your play,
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you'll want your daddy, but your 
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daddy will say :
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Keep moving on, you stayed away too
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 long,
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I'm through with you, too bad you're
 blue,
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keep moving on.