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Verse 1
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Friday night's pay night,
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Talking 'bout the weekend,
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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 wearing
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trouble on their shirts
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Verse 2
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I work for the county out on 95
All day long I hold a red flag and watch
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the traffic pass me by
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In my head I keep a picture of
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a pretty little miss
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Someday, mister,
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gonna lead a better life than this
Verse 3
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highway,
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laying down the blacktop
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 4
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I met her at a dance down at
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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
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down the union tracks
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One day I looked straight at her and
she looked straight back
Verse 5
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highway,
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laying down the blacktop
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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Verse 6
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money and I put it all away
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I went to see her daddy but we
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didn't have much to say
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she's just a little girl?
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She don't know nothing about this cruel,
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cruel world"
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We lit out down to Florida,
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we got along alright
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One day her brothers came and got her and they
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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 me straight away
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Verse 8
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I wake up every morning to
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the work bell clang
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Me and the warden go swinging on the
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Charlotte County road gang
Verse 9
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highway,
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laying down the blacktop
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,
Verse 10
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highway,
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laying down the blacktop
Working on the highway,
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all day long I can'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, working on the highway
Outro 1
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