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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Friday night's pay night,
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guys 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 families,
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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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Verse 2
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for the county out on ninety five
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All day I hold a red flag
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and watch the traffic pass me by
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In my head I keep a picture
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of a pretty little miss
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Someday, mister, I'm gonna
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lead a better life than this
Chorus 1
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Working on the highway,
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laying down the blacktop
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Working on the highway,
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all day long I don't stop
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Working on the highway,
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blasting through the bedrock
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Working on the highway,
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working on the highway
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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I met her at a dance down at the union hall
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She was standing with her brothers,
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back up against the wall
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Sometimes we'd go walking down
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the Union tracks
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One day I looked straight at her
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and she looked straight back
Chorus 2
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So I'm working on the highway,
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laying down the blacktop
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Working on the highway,
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all day long I don't stop
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Working on the highway,
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blasting through the bedrock
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Working on the highway,
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working on the highway
Interlude 2
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Bridge 1
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I saved up my money and I put it all away
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I went to see her daddy
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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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about this cruel, cruel world"
Verse 4
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We lit out down to Florida,
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we got along all right
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One day her brothers came and got her
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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 he put me straight away
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I wake up every morning
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to the work bell clang
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Me and the warden go swinging on the
Charlotte County road gang
Chorus 3
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I'm working on the highway,
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laying down the blacktop
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Working on the highway,
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all day long I don't stop
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Working on the highway,
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blasting through the bedrock
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Working on the highway,
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working on the highway
Chorus 4
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I'm working on the highway,
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laying down the blacktop
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Working on the highway,
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all day long I don't stop
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Working on the highway,
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blasting through the bedrock
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Working on the highway,
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working on the highway
Outro 1
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