Relocation Blues

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A folding cot, that's about my 
speed;
Some folding money is the thing I 
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need;
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Fourteen kids and a hog to feed,
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Got the relocation blues.

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County welfare it will make you fat,
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It will buy you a brand new Stetson 
hat,
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If you can prove you're a Democrat,
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Got the relocation blues.

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I don't know, but I been told
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That uptown factory is made out of 
gold;
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But I'm too dumb to work, too weak 
to roll,
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Got those relocation blues.

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A factory hand he pays a union fee;
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A farmer, he gets a great big 
subsidy;
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All a coal miner gets is sympathy,
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Got the relocation blues.